Bringing Hive-ness to a City Near YouFor Discussion

12/14/11

“Average Americans spend less than 5 percent of their life in classrooms”

John Falk & Lynn Dierking “The 95 Percent Solution Professors/Researchers of Free-

Choice Learning”

http://www.ilinet.org

What we will be talking about

• What is the Hive Learning Network?

• What about Hive is working?

• How can you get it?

• Your ideas!

Hive Learning Network NYC• Ecosystem of

organizations (libraries, museums, afterschool programs & universities)

• 38 members• 2 full-time employees• 30 funded projects at

various stages (currently)• 6 month cycle for RFP’s

to incubate and develop learning tools and programs

(A Mozilla Learning Lab)

MacArthur Digital

Media & Learning

Hive NYC

New York Community

TrustMozilla

Hive Core Beliefs

• School is not the sole provider in a community’s educational system

• Learning should be driven by youth’s interests• Digital is the glue and amplifier for connected learning

experiences• Out-of-school time spaces are fertile grounds for

learning innovation• Organizations must collaborate to thrive• Youth need to be both sophisticated consumers and and active producers of digital media

Bring to Light Festival

The KickFlip Program

Hive-ness: How to Get It

• Try our a la carte

• Host a Hive Pop-up, Hack Jam or Design Charette

• Hive Learning Network (insert city name here)

Can we interest you in Hive a la carte?

Pop-Up

Hive Pop-Up: A collaborative mini-festival of youth serving organizations who plan and run an event for youth, educators and families with curated, table-top projects and activities. Models in bite-size fashion the energy, activity and community of a Hive Learning Network.

Hive Hack Jam: In spaces such as libraries, learning spaces and youth media centers, learners take part in flexible programs based on hands-on projects, media creation and webmaking. Just like a music jam, a hack jam gives participants the chance to make something and have others riff off of their work.

Hive Design Charette: Convening a diverse cohort of interested organizations, institutions, educators, philanthropists and other creative people to come together with skilled facilitators in a short, concentrated amount of time to build a strategic plan towards the launching of a Hive Learning Network.

Hive (insert your city here)

Conditions for Hive-Ness

• Funding (incl. dedicated resources to solicit funds/grants)

• Geographic location with community organizations that offer quality youth programs

• Shared vision to advocate for youth and their intellectual and creative interests

• Commitment from orgs to work in a collaborative manner

• Central administration hub to mobilize, oversee and champion the network

Identify Constituents

• YOUTH• Educators• Parents• Museums• Libraries• Artists• Programmers• Scientists• Journalists• Activists

Help us build the Hivetivity Kit

Contact me

Chris Lawrence Twitter: @chrislarry33Email: clawrence@mozillafoundation.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/chrislarry

Resources

• www.explorecreateshare.org• www.hivelearningnetwork.org• Twitter @hivelearningnyc• Facebook• YouTube• https://etherpad.mozilla.org/hivetivitykit