Voices of Youth: Podcasting as a Means for Inquiry-based Community Engagement

Bruce, Bertram C.; Lin, Ching-Chiu

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Title

Voices of Youth: Podcasting as a Means for Inquiry-based Community Engagement

Author(s)

• Bruce, Bertram C.
• Lin, Ching-Chiu

Issue Date

2009

Keyword(s)

• Podcast
• Youth
• Community Engagement
• digital literacy
• Middle school
• After school
• Digital media. Community informatics
• Creativity

Abstract

A youth community informatics (YCI) research project intersected an inquiry learning model with the making of audiovisual podcasts to foster personal growth and community engagement in a group of Mexican American youth enrolled in an afterschool program. Specifically, the paper describes the cycle of inquiry together with the development of a project that embraced community inquiry as the core value for community building. Based on the project outcomes, it then recommends ways that community leaders could adopt a collaborative approach to creating spaces in which youth have fun learning new media, enjoy creative expression, take action for community needs, and develop potential for civic engagement by serving their family, friends, and communities.

Publisher

Symposium Journals, a division of wwwords Ltd, PO Box 204, Didcot, Oxford OX11 9ZQ, United Kingdom, www.symposium-journals.co.uk

Series/Report Name or Number

E-Learning

ISSN

1741-8887

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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