1. Inquiry and Project-Based Learning Program Model Aligned to: NASA Education Framework Inspire, Engage, Educate and Employ Stamford's Transitions Initiative Personal Development/Visioning Educational Achievement Career Choices 21st Century Skills: Media Literacy, Civic Engagement, Youth Expression Service Learning Global Competencies NetGeneration of Youth

2. VISION Expanding the Capacity of Youth as Leaders in the 21st Century MISSION To Inform & Inspire Youth To Inquire, Imagine, & Invent Empowering Futures By Learning from and Sharing with Community, Using Emerging Media.

3. History NetGeneration of Youth Launched in 1999 in response to the Digital Divide, NGY programs have affiliated with schools and out- of-school organizations to foster digital empowerment in traditionally underserved and under-resourced communities across America, Jamaica, and the Bahamas.

4. AFFILIATIONS  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) since 1999  Stamford Connecticut: AITE since 2002  Stamford Achieves, Inc. since 2006  Stamford Transitions Task Force NGY as an integrative mechanism

5. PUBLICATIONS/PRESS NASA Publication (April 2008) An Opportunity to Educate: International Space Station National Laboratory “Because the International Space Station embodies 21st century values of global cooperation and collaboration, the ISS National Laboratory is a unique resource for promoting international understandings and for cultivating youth as emerging leaders of a global society. It provides opportunities for the youth to investigate significant, real world issues; to communicate with inspiring NASA ISS role models; and to practice applying the 21st Century global competencies they need to invent the future." Dr. Ronnie B. Lowenstein, Lowenstein & Associates, Inc.

6. PUBLICATION/PRESS cont. NASA Website 2007 Article: Have You Heard the News? ( related to NGY Cyberjournalists ) http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/9-12/features/F_ Have_You_Heard_the_News.html eSchool News 2007 Article: NGY Youth Voices http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm? i=43301&CFID=3763824&CFTOKEN=82833502

7. NGY Core Learning Activities (cycled through the year)  Skills Training in 21st Century Global Competencies … Cyber-Journalist & Research Skills … Media and Technology Skills … Core Subjects with Global Interdisciplinary Understandings  Career Visioning & Academic Advisement  Civic Engagement and Real World Field Activities  Group Debriefing & Reflection: Multimedia Creation  Leadership Opportunities: NGY Sharing & Serving as Agents of Change  Culminating Celebration & Recognition Ceremony

8. NGY Cyberjournalist Profile Culturally Aware & Civically Responsible Academically Prepared Proficient Thinkers and Collaborative Problem Solvers Media & Technology Proficiency Literate in 21st Century Global Skills NetGeneration of Youth Cyberjournalists are · Inspired to Aspire and Achieve · Engaged in civic activities and community service · Empowered w/ Global Competencies & 21st Century Skills · Committed to shaping a positive Future in Global Society

9. Impact of NGY Processes and Products Empower Youth Inspire Career Aspirations & Academic Achievements Create Synergy among Stakeholders in Community Extend visibility and profiles of sponsoring partners Help Create an Ecology of Community Renewal

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