ERIC Number: EJ1166396
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Dec
Pages: 4
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ISSN: EISSN-1077-5315
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Tinkering with Technology: A Library Workshop to Support 4-H Youth Development
Hendrix, Beth; Williamson, Evan
Journal of Extension, v55 n6 Article 6IAW2 Dec 2017
When University of Idaho (UI) Extension brought the Idaho 4-H Teen Conference to UI's main campus, the conference organizers collaborated with UI librarians to organize a workshop in the library's newly established makerspace, the Making, Innovating, and Learning Laboratory (MILL). In the MILL, the students used cutting-edge technology to foster new or existing interests in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This article describes how Extension and 4-H youth development professionals can team with librarians to use library makerspaces to introduce 4-H high school students to STEM technologies and digital literacies that will be necessary for jobs of the future.
Descriptors: Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs, Library Instruction, Workshops, Extension Education, Partnerships in Education, STEM Education, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Technology Uses in Education, College Programs, High School Students, Program Implementation, Student Surveys, Student Satisfaction
Extension Journal, Inc. e-mail: joe-ed@joe.org; Web site: http://www.joe.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Idaho
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