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Do you work in an afterschool or summer program in San Francisco?

Then get connected to the Expanded Learning Collaborative’s Technical Assistance Project and:

• Receive individualized coaching for your program
• Attend workshops
• Look for, and post jobs or other resources online
• Have lunch and network with your peers!

Interested in learning more?

Visit www.sfelc.org to sign up, join the mailing list, and get started!

The purpose of the Expanded Learning Collaborative Technical Assistance Project (ELC TAP) is to improve the quality of out of school time programs across San Francisco by increasing the awareness and use of common tools, encouraging peer learning and creating coherence in approaches to quality programming. This project is made possible through the support of the San Francisco Unified School District; the SF Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families; and the Silver Giving Foundation.

What makes a good news story? What are some tips on asking good interview questions? If you ever wanted to ask a news reporter these questions, now is your chance!

Join KQED Education in a free two-day training series for educators interested in having students engage in writing informative or explanatory text. Hear from KQED science news staff as they provide an inside look into their process for reporting news.

Tuesday, September 17 & Wednesday, September 18, 2013
5:00 – 7:00 pm at KQED
Food and drinks provided

To register, click here and for more information or questions please contact Nancy Yamamoto

Day 1 SCIENCE NEWS + COMMON CORE
Join Molly Samuel, KQED science multimedia producer, and Lauren Sommer , KQED science and environment reporter, for an interesting discussion into what makes a compelling news story. Find out their most difficult, most fun, and oddest investigations. We’ll also take a look at the components of the Common Core Content Standards that align with writing informative/explanatory text for grades K-5.

Day 2 USING TECH
Need a tech tool to help you get started? Learn how to use a digital voice recorder that can help students record interviews and transcribe information more accurately. Participants will receive a SONY digital voice recorder for their classroom.

**This is not an Academy event, direct all inquiries directly to KQED.**

A Walk Down Sensory Lane : Science + Media Tech Workshop Series 2013

Slow down. Look, listen, and smell the world around you. Join KQED this summer for a K-5 educator series on integrating outdoor learning, technology and using our senses to help inform us about our world. Explore ways to engage students more deeply to connect with nature in their own local place.

Learn how to use a sound recorder and camera to record, document, and archive sounds, smells, and sights. Share the information with students by mapping data or creating a slideshow. The skills you learn in the series can be applied to other types of audio and visual mapping multimedia projects for the classroom.

Check out the different sensory offering this summer:

• Smellscapes July 8, 10, and 12 in San Francisco from 9 to noon
• Soundscapes July 17 – 19 in San Francisco from 9 to noon
• Soundscapes July 22 – 24 in Contra Costa County from 9 to noon
• Photoscapes/Patterns in Nature August 5, 8, and 9 in San Francisco from 9 to noon

Read more here or register here

You will be notified by e-mail for confirmation of workshop series. 8 – 10 spaces per series.

For questions, please e-mail Nancy Yamamoto.

The California Academy of Sciences is launching two new summer programs where youth will engage in science-based storytelling through digital media

 
For Middle School: Pearson Young Scientists Program

• For rising 5-8th graders
• Located at the California Academy of Sciences with two one-day trips to Mount Tamalpais to engage in a variety of citizen science activities
• June 18-29 (including the weekend), 10 am-4 pm every day
• Participants will learn about citizen science and create an interactive mobile game experience for visitors to Mount Tam that teaches them about the natural landscape and how its changed over the years

 
For High School: Science in Action

• For rising 9th-12th graders
• Located at the California Academy of Sciences
• July 16-27, Monday through Friday, 10 am-4 pm
• Youth will work with our Digital Learning team and Visualization studio to create short 1-3 minute long stories about current topics in science to air in the Science in Action exhibit and on the Academy website

 
To qualify youth must be able to attend and participate fully every day of the program

ARE YOU INTERESTED? For more information or an application email pdasari@calacademy.org. Applications are due Saturday, May 19th 2012. Accepted participants will be informed by May 25th.

Digital Learning is support by generous grants from the Pearson Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Have a student that has made a video on Science or Nature in school, an after-school program, summer program, or independently?

Entries are now being accepted the 1st Annual KQED Science Youth Media Festival!

Festival Date & Location: June 10, 2012 at the Academy!

Deadline for submission: April 15, 2012

The theme for this year’s festival is Nature and Environmental Science. We are looking for videos produced by youth who are either in middle school or high school about the following topics: *wildlife, *water use, *oceans, *pollution, *cultural connections, *restoration, *sustainability, *environmental justice.

Prizes will be awarded for those entrants who are accepted to the festival and for winners on June 10th!

For more information and the application, visit the KQED website