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Hi All,

The 5th Digital Media and Learning Competition,  Project:Connect --
Summer Youth Programming Competition, is now accepting applications.

Margaret Glass, PhD
Program Manager, Professional Development
Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)

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Subject: [dmlhub-l] CFP: DMLCompetition #5 - Project:Connect (Deadline is       June 10)

HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition 5

Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programming Competition

The 5th Digital Media and Learning Competition, the Project:Connect --
Summer Youth Programming Competition, is now accepting applications.

The Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programming Competition calls for
summer event and programming proposals to excite and enable youth to
engage the web in civil, collaborative, productive, safe, and
confidence-building ways. The Competition supports single or multi-day
participatory and hands-on learning experiences (labs, hackathons,
pop-up events) that support youth working with peers, mentors, and
educators on learning and creating experiences toward a better web for
all. Based on the principles of Connected Learning—learning that is
equitable, social, and participatory — Project:Connect Summer Youth
Programs will give young people hands-on experience creating, testing,
and investigating ways to make using the web a better place to learn,
connect, make, contribute, and share.

The Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Program Competition is
administered by HASTAC and supported by the MacArthur Foundation, in
collaboration with the Born This Way Foundation and Mozilla. A related
Open International Competition focused on Project:Connect will be
announced on May 28th.  For the latest news, connect with us in one of
the ways listed below.

For full information, visit
http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/summer-youth-programming-competition

* Awards: Up to $10,000 per institution (winners to be announced in early July)
* Deadline: Online applications are due June 10, 2013, at 5pm PST. How
to apply: http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/how-to-apply-to-the-summer-youth-programming-competition
* Timeline: Project:Connect -- Youth Summer Programs will be held
July-September, 2013. Full timeline:
http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/summer-youth-programming-competition-timeline
* Who is eligible to apply: U.S.-based non-profit learning development
and civic engagement institutions and organizations (including
learning development organizations such as museums, libraries, after
school and summer programs). Additional eligibility requirements:
http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/frequently-asked-questions-for-summer-youth-programming-competition

Winning proposals will create:
* Social Tools for Social Good – Enabling people to create a culture
of kindness, respect, and safety that enhances civic participation for
youth.
* Social Tools that Enable Control of Information – Helping youth
understand how to control their information, and manage privacy and
security.
* Social Tools that Enable Literacy – Helping youth build, access, and
understand the web in ways that support interest-driven learning, and
empower learners to connect in safe ways with resources, mentors, and
peers.

Program participants may design or create:
* Social apps – Create apps, including mobile apps, that promote and
enable civic engagement with peers, community building, and kindness
to others.
* Badging programs – Create apps, including mobile apps, that leverage
badging and other recognition and feedback methods to inspire youth to
develop civic engagement with peers and community building in
connected, cooperative, collaborative, safe, and respectful ways.
* Learning content – Create learning content, curricula, media
promotions, and other approaches about how to foster a more engaged,
egalitarian, safe, and sharing internet.

Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programs may include:
* Hackathons, that involve youth in connection with mentoring
developers and educators in designing, prototyping, and/or coding
software; or developing learning programs that promote a better web
for learning through connecting and connecting through learning.
* Digital learning labs, that provide hands-on experience using
digital tools for connecting safely, collaborating purposefully, and
communicating effectively via the web.
* Testing labs, that involve young people in evaluating software and
online learning programs that promote good web citizenship, or a
better web for learning and sharing.
* Mentoring or leadership workshops, that identify potential peer
instructors and mentors, and provide them with opportunities to learn
how to support and mentor others effectively and respectfully in
web-based connected learning programs and applications.
* Journalism and communications labs, where young people – acting as
reporters, bloggers, and podcasters – participate in the creation of
public media that engages questions of equity, good citizenship,
privacy, collaboration, and sharing on the web.
* Badge development workshops, that provide youth with the tools to
develop badges for recognizing and rewarding effective digital
citizenship, promoting privacy, effective web participation, and
connected learning opportunities.

Connect with the Digital Media and Learning Competition:
Web: http://www.dmlcompetition.net
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dmlComp
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DMLcomp
G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/103047964663117398536/
LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Digital-Media-Learning-Competition-3935137
List-serv: Send an email to dmlcompnews-request [at] duke.edu with
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