Carnegie Young Leaders for Civic Preparedness - Institute for Citizens & Scholars Carnegie Young Leaders is an opportunity for young people to lead a community project with funding and support.

Funding Opportunity! Carnegie Young Leaders for Civic Preparedness is looking for young people between the ages of 14 and 24 in the United States who are ready to step up, bridge divides & tackle pressing issues in their communities. Applications close May 28. citizensandscholars.org/carnegie-you...

Announcing the 2025 Ciena Solutions Challenge Sustainability Awards – Digital Promise Young innovators creating real-world change

Announcing the 2025 Ciena Solutions Challenge Sustainability Awards! From a project to decode virus genomes in Georgia to a device that converts text to braille in India, learn more & join the next round of the Challenge launching in September! digitalpromise.org/2025/04/16/a... #CienaChallenge

Can you look at these 9 photos and not smile on International Day of Happiness? March 20 is International Happiness Day — a day that the United Nations had dedicated to the celebration of joy. We asked photographers around the world to share a picture that can bring bliss.

March 20 is International Happiness Day — a day that the United Nations had dedicated to the celebration of joy. We asked photographers around the world to share a picture that can bring bliss.

Alameda County Youth Poet Laureate Alameda County Youth Poet Laureate We're looking for Alameda County's next YOUTH POET…

Great opportunity for youth poets in Alameda County! Youth Poet Laureate program applications are open April 1-30, 2025. The Youth Poet Laureate is an ambassador to inspire civic engagement, social justice, cultural awareness, & literary excellence in our communities. aclibrary.org/youth-poet/

Deadline for workshop and presentations is Match 7th. Come for the inspiration. Stay for the cheese curds. Playmakelearn.org #makered #makerspace

Jumpstart Your Students' Ideas with a Ciena Solutions Challenge Sustainability Award – Digital Promise Receive $3,000 to support students’ creative ideas and projects.

There's still time to join the Ciena Solutions Challenge, share student projects & apply by March 6 for $3,000 to sustain & scale them. Funding available for projects at any stage, from existing projects to ideas, prototypes, & works-in-progress. #CienaChallenge digitalpromise.org/2025/02/27/j...

How Esports Can Improve Students’ Personal and Academic Growth – Digital Promise Students in Kansas City build life skills through gaming

Awesome story from Lindsay-Darshaun Murray about a school Esports programs that fosters student creativity and innovation! Know educators who are facilitating student projects? Tell them to apply by Mar 6 for a $3,000 Ciena Solutions Challenge Sustainability Award! digitalpromise.org/2025/02/18/h...

Bringing Art to High School Science Lessons Combining art and science can help students better understand abstract concepts and promote collaboration and creativity.

Why integrate the arts into your high school science classroom? It can help students better understand abstract concepts *and* foster collaboration and creativity. 🎨🔬

10 Tips for Adopting an Interdisciplinary Approach to Science – Digital Promise Lessons from an integrated sciences educator in Kazakhstan

Awesome Tips for Adopting an Interdisciplinary Approach to Science from an educator in Kazakhstan. #CienaChallenge digitalpromise.org/2025/02/04/1...

SO excited to see what students in Wisconsin are working on! Know educators & students who are making a positive difference in their communities? Encourage them to join the global Ciena Solutions Challenge & apply by Mar 6 for $3,000 to scale their projects! #CienaChallenge www.cienachallenge.org

Digital Promise and Ciena Announce 3 New Ciena Solutions Challenge Model Schools – Digital Promise Expanding our global community in Brazil, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe

Digital Promise & Ciena announce 3 new Ciena Solutions Challenge Model Schools! Do your students have ideas for solving challenges in their own communities? Through March 6, educators can submit student projects and apply for $3,000 USD to sustain & scale them. digitalpromise.org/2025/01/27/d...

Eveline High School named Ciena Solutions Challenge Model School Bulawayo's most popular daily newspaper

So proud to be working with this amazing new cohort of Ciena Solutions Challenge Model Schools!!! Go Eveline High School! Congrats on the recognition. www.chronicle.co.zw/eveline-high... #CienaChallenge #YouthVoice #GlobalGoals

Building Language Proficiency through Community Engagement – Digital Promise How Maya Angelou’s poetry inspired students in Ghana

Great lessons from Leticia Emefa Yawa Akabutoo in Ghana - Building Language Proficiency through Community Engagement. Learn more about the Ciena Solutions Challenge her students participated in & apply by Mar 6 for a $3000 USD Sustainability Award! digitalpromise.org/2025/01/21/b... #CienaChallenge

Chaula Gupta on LinkedIn: Senior Director of Learning Networks , Careers At Digital Promise I am hiring for a Senior Director of Learning Networks on my team at Digital Promise. Please help me share this far and wide. The application window will close…

Incredible job opportunity with a wonderful organization!

Digital Promise is looking for a Senior Director of Learning Networks!

Please share with your communities. #EduSky

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Edcamp YouthMADE logo

Are you looking to connect with educators on supporting youth creativity and innovation? Join us on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET for Edcamp: YouthMADE, an online unconference-style professional development for and by educators. www.cienachallenge.org/en/page/webi...

Alt text: A colorful graphic promoting the #YOUTHMADE chat. The background is teal with a large yellow speech bubble in the center. The text in the bubble reads: "Monday, January 6th, 7 PM ET, Hosted by: Jesse Robinson @jrobinson.bsky.social." Below the speech bubble, it says "2025 Dreams and Goals" inside a white oval. At the bottom left, it lists "Chat Moderators: Jesse Robinson (jrobinson.bsky.social) and Kelly McNeil (@edugamergal.bsky.social)." On the right side, there is a black splatter design with white text that says "Youth Made Festival." The logo of Digital Promise is displayed in the top left corner of the graphic.

Happy Monday #EduSky

Tonight is our first #YouthMADE chat for 2025! We'll be discussing 2025 dreams and goals.

Hosted by the wonderful @jrobinson.bsky.social

Educators, leaders and anyone interested in youth #making #art #activism and #design in #education please join us here at 7pm ET tonight!

What Happens When 'Play' Is Left Out of the School Curriculum - EdSurge News “What if we centered playfulness and unstructured time in our classrooms, even when it has nothing to do with the curriculum?...If play is an ...

My read of the days is this wonderful article from @edsurge.bsky.social written by high school ELA teacher Fatema Elbakoury.

The lack of play in schools K12 (and even higher ed!) is a critical deficit in how we approach teaching and learning. #LevelUpEDU #EduSky

Guiding Students to Creative Uses of Technology Students generally use technology passively to access information, but teachers can empower them to use it creatively with this simple framework.

"Guiding Students to Creative Uses of Technology": Nice article in @edutopia.bsky.social, framed around our research group's 4 P's of Creative Learning: Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play www.edutopia.org/article/using-tech-playful-learning-schools #EduSky

Excited for this conversation at #GLOWedu between two amazing advocates of youth creativity and innovation - Beldine Atieno and Elyse Gainor! Learn more about Beldine's work with iEARN-Kenya here: digitalpromise.org/2024/11/12/h... and www.iearnke.org

Ciena Solutions Challenge The Ciena Solutions Challenge provides students and educators with the opportunity to design global solutions for real-world problems and take action to recreate the world around them.

Are you an educator working with students to design solutions for real world challenges? We'd love to showcase their ideas and provide support to sustain & scale their projects! Apply for a $3000 Ciena Solutions Challenge Sustainability Award by March 6, 2025 - www.cienachallenge.org