1. Explore Locally, Excel Digitally: Laurel Felt | felt@usc.edufelt@usc.edu USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Research and Creative Projects Symposium April 11, 2012 A Participatory learning-oriented after-school program for enriching citizenship on- and offline

2. Los Angeles Unified School District Discover. Learn. Teach. http://cdn2- b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/st yles/large/hash/d1/1a/d11a18e71de 6a70d54f1b949594b7f87.jpg http://laist.com/attachments/lindsayrebecca/stud ent_floor_lockers.jpg ONLY 56% GRADUATE

3. Inadequacies Discover. Learn. Teach. Content Time Participation The participation gap refers to “the unequal access to the opportunities, experiences, skills, and knowledge that will prepare youth for full participation in the world of tomorrow” (Jenkins, Purushotma, Clinton, Weigel, & Robison, 2006, p. 3).

4. Participatory Culture Discover. Learn. Teach.

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6. New Media Literacies Discover. Learn. Teach. Play Performance Networking Collective Intelligence Appropriation Judgment Distributed Cognition Multitasking Transmedia Navigation Simulation Visualization Negotiation

8. Research Questions Discover. Learn. Teach. RQ1. What is the impact of an after-school program on high school students’ levels of: a. digital literacy skills? b. new media literacies (NML) proficiency? c. social and emotional learning (SEL) competence? RQ2. How can an after-school program for high school students facilitate a culture of “participatory learning”? RQ3. How have participants accepted or transformed our learning goals for this educational program?

9. Explore Locally, Excel Digitally Discover. Learn. Teach.

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11. Participants Discover. Learn. Teach.

12. Pedagogy Discover. Learn. Teach.

13. Design Discover. Learn. Teach.

14. “Hard” and “soft” skills Discover. Learn. Teach.

15. NML skills Discover. Learn. Teach. Play Negotiation Visualization

16. Social and emotional skills Discover. Learn. Teach.

17. Reflection skills Discover. Learn. Teach.

18. Hard vs. soft skills Discover. Learn. Teach.

19. Limitations Discover. Learn. Teach. Assessment challenges Outsiders Attendance

20. Future Research Discover. Learn. Teach.

21. Acknowledgements Discover. Learn. Teach. Henry Jenkins Erin Reilly Vanessa Vartabedian Ioana Literat Ritesh Mehta Akifa Khan Kirsten Carthew Jane Kagon Erickson Raif Rich Wu ELED participants RFK Community Schools RFK-LA USC Annenberg Innovation Lab USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism USC Annenberg Fellowship Program Project New Media Literacies

22. Discover. Learn. Teach. Questions? Comments! Laurel Felt felt@usc.edu laurelfelt.org