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Chicago YOUmedia Best Practices http://www.slideshare.net/adriennestrock
Chicago Public Library
2013 Teen Volume Conference
History: Funding In 2006, the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation launched a five-year,
$50 million Digital Media and Learning
Initiative to help determine how digital
technologies are changing the way young
people learn, play, socialize, and participate
in civic life. --youmediachicago.org
History:
Research & Design
Research:
Mimi Ito
HOMAGO
HOMAGO
HOMAGO Design
Hanging Out
HOMAGO Design Messing Around
HOMAGO Design
Geeking Out
Space Design:
Challenges &
Lessons Learned
There is more than
one way to HOMAGO!
Meet Niq, Graphic Design Mentor
https://docs.google.com/a/digitalyouthnetwork.org/file/d/
0BzD0EggJhhONMlBnZkhBX3oybTA/edit?usp=sharing
Niq
https://docs.google.com/a/digitalyouthnetwork.org/file/d/
0BzD0EggJhhONMlBnZkhBX3oybTA/edit?usp=sharing
Dreamyard http://dreamyard.com/
ARTLAB+ http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/artla
b/#collection=artlab
YOUmedia: Branches
YOUmedia: Branches
YOUmedia: Branches
YOUmedia: Branches
YOUmedia: Branches
YOUmedia: Branches
Challenges &
Successes
Teens at the Harold
Washington Library
Center
Penny Bender
Sebring, Eric R.
Brown, Kate M.
Julian, Stacy B.
Ehrlich, Susan E.
Sporte, Erin
Bradley, and Lisa
Meyer
YOUmedia Users: • 350-500 individual teens visit weekly.
• 39 percent reported attending weekly
for over a year.
• 40 percent are African-American males.
-- Penny Bender Sebring, et al. Teens, Digital Media, and the Chicago
Public Library
YOUmedia Users: -- Penny Bender
Sebring, et al.
Teens, Digital
Media, and the
Chicago Public
Library
YOUmedia Users: • 89 percent believe it's cool to be excited
about interests at YOUmedia.
• 57 percent report improving one or more
digital media skills because of YOUmedia.
• Over half report YOUmedia helping to
improve school work, writing, and
relationships with adults. -- Penny Bender Sebring, et al. Teens, Digital Media, and
the Chicago Public Library
YOUmedia Users: • Nearly 75 percent report a greater
awareness of post-high school
opportunities because of YOUmedia.
• 65 percent report a connection with at
least one adult in YOUmedia.
-- Penny Bender Sebring, et al. Teens, Digital Media, and
the Chicago Public Library
New Research:
Connected Learning "Connected Learning occurs when a young
person is able to follow a personal interest
or passion with the support of peers and
caring adults and can link this interest or
learning to academic achievement, career
success, or civic engagement." -- Penny
Bender Sebring, et al. Teens, Digital Media, and the
Chicago Public Library
YOUmedia
Programming
Harold Washington Library Center
Workshop Schedule
Challenges, Best Practices,
Lessons Learned:
Niq on program design
Library of Games
Homeschool Group
Resources: http://www.slideshare.net/adriennestrock • http://www.youmedia.org/toolkit
• http://dmlcentral.net/
• http://connectedlearning.tv/
• http://www.digitalyouthnetwork.org/
• http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/publications/teens-
digital-media-and-chicago-public-library
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/youmediachicago
• http://libraryofgames.org/
• http://homeisforhomies.tumblr.com/
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