The latest Hive NYC member news and links:
- Read about HungerCraft, a game jam hosted by Global Kids and Brooklyn Public Library, where teens explored themes from The Hunger Games within the constructs of Minecraft EDU (Global Kids)
- New York Public Library to host Bjork’s Biophilia program this summer (School Library Journal)
- Museum educators discuss the challenges and potential of the Google Art Project (Rubin Museum of Art Education Blog)
- Please participate in this National Survey on Media and Youth Organizing, in conjunction with Global Action Project (DataCenter)
- Andrew Rasiej, MOUSE Founder, on what it takes to be a social entrepreneur (Forbes)
Some other news that recently grabbed our attention:
- A comic book convention for learning (DML Central)
- “Future Learning,” a new, micro documentary featuring Sal Khan, Sugata Mitra, Catherine Lucey, Ntiedo Etuk and others discussing the importance of relevance in learning (GOOD)
- June 15th marks the kick-off the New York Times third annual summer reading contest (The Learning Network)
- A new report: Building Stronger Nonprofits Through Better Financial Management: Early Efforts in 26 Youth-Serving Organizations (The Wallace Foundation)
- How OER is accelerating the switch from “creamy” to “chunky” content in school instruction (Mind/Shift)
- A new project from Bud the Teacher (The Center for Make/Hack/Play)
- Mozilla Foundation Executive Director Mark Surman shares an outline draft of his talk at the Personal Democracy Forum on his blog. Open Web equals Punk Rock! Give him your feedback. (Commonspace)