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Project Descriptions

Transformative Youth Technologies: Digital-Age Critical Workforce Skills for Teens and Twentysomethings

December 1, 2014 - November 30, 2015 | Public Programs
Georgetown County Library will improve the digital-age critical workforce skills of local young people through STEM-related digital activities. Classes relating to online STEM resources, digital video production, and app development will result in increased skills and interpersonal abilities, as well as an appreciation for the public library as a dynamic and informative place. By working with a number of community organizations, the library seeks to reach a local youth community that has historically experienced high rates of poverty and low rates of high school completion, and build on previous efforts to provide job fairs, skills training, and other initiatives.

Funders

IMLS
Funding Program: Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries
Award Number: SP-02-14-0043-14
Funding Amount: $25,000

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Dwight McInvaill
    Principal Investigator
    Georgetown County Library
  • Discipline: Computing and information science | General STEM | Technology
    Audience: Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Making and Tinkering Programs | Library Programs
    Access and Inclusion: Low Socioeconomic Status

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