YDEV Elevator Speeches

Elevator Speeches about YDEV as a Field and YDEV@RIC.

Leave a comment below, pasting in your elevator speech from class.

YDEV Events

Please don't forget to follow the assignment criteria for posting your YDEV events on your blog.

From the syllabus:

Youth Development Events and Reflection (10%)

Over the course of the semester, you need to attend two public events (on campus or off) that relate to the issues we are discussing in this class.  You can attend the Promising Practices conference in November, and can choose any of the GEND films (every other Wednesdays in Adams 1B), any of the events scheduled for Diversity Week in October or any other events you may find on your own or in your internship.  After each event, you need to write a post on your blog that includes:

• 250+ words that describes the event
• Connections to at least one of our course texts or themes
• At least one picture
• At least 3 hyperlinks to relevant sites/resources

Networking Opportunity!!

YDEV at RIC has the opportunity to bring 8 student with us (for no charge) to this amazing networking breakfast where you will hear about the state of youth development work in our state and meet many youth work professionals.  Let me know immediately if you want to attend!

Thanks,

LB :)


Dear afterschool and education colleagues, advocates, and friends:

The Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance (RIASPA) is pleased to present the 13th annual Lights On Afterschool Breakfast of Champions on Wednesday, October 21, at the Rhodes on the Pawtuxet in Cranston. This event will call attention to the critical need for and importance of afterschool and summer programs to children, youth, families, and communities; and increase awareness and support for afterschool and summer programs among policymakers, funders, and other decision makers.

This year’s theme is Passion, Potential, Possibility. Our featured speaker will be the renowned author and activist Jonathan Kozol. A stellar advocate for children and youth, Kozol will use his unending energy to rouse and challenge attendees about how we can better educate our young people.

Additionally, three other speakers will, in a series of short presentations, share personal and professional experiences to demonstrate that afterschool and summer programs are crucial in nurturing the passion, potential, and possibility of children and youth.

The Breakfast of Champions will also include:

+ A special gallery of exemplary professionals in the afterschool field.
+ A book signing by Mr. Kozol.

To register, please use this link: https://uwriweb.org/lightson. There is an early-bird rate of $35.00 for the Breakfast valid until September 30, after which the cost will be $40.00. (There is also a student and AmeriCorps special rate of $25.00 valid throughout the registration period. A special code, supplied via request, is necessary to receive this rate.)

If you have any questions about our exciting event, please email or call me: joseph.morra@uwri.org<mailto:joseph.morra@uwri.org>  or 401.444.0615. I look forward to seeing you at this exciting event!

Sincerely,
Joseph Morra
RIASPA

Welcome to your YDEV Blogisphere!

Welcome to this YDEV blogging adventure!

Between now and Sept 10, you will set up your own blog to use this semester for all of your Talking Points assignments, and to keep track of your thoughts about any of the issues we cover.

A blog is your very own, personal online journal. It is public, in that I and your classmates can read it and comment on it, but it is your space and you can control most everything about it. (If you want to make it private so that *only* members of this class can read it, I can show you how to do so).

In the context of this course, your blog has two purposes:

1) Your blog will provide a space for you to keep all of your assignments over the course of our semester together. You will not hand in written assignments to me each week; rather you will post them on your blog. In this sense, your blog is merely your assignment notebook that you will use as you read and prepare for class each week. You will also be posting any additional thoughts you have: responses to class discussion, after thoughts, things you forgot to say in class, relevant experiences you have, etc.

But importantly, your blog is a public space and as you post (and comment on others'), you will gain a much richer understanding of everything we read and discuss in class. I want you to think of it as interactive and intertextual in that way.

2) Creating your own blog will also introduce you to the blogisphere if you don't know this place already. I hope that you will discover creative uses for this online medium. You will see how easy it is to use blogger.com, and perhaps it will inspire you to bring blogs into your own youth work context  someday.

To start your own blog, you will go to:

www.blogger.com

SET UP AN ACCOUNT:

If you do not already have a Google account, you will need to create one.  If you do have a Google account, sign in in the box at the right. 
  

Click the button that says NEW BLOG (you will see this even if you have blogged before) and follow the instructions to get started.  Don't forget your Username and Password!! You will need them to login every time. Please write them down on the top of your syllabus so you don't forget!  

NAME YOUR BLOG:

As you fill in the info, you will be asked to name your blog. This title will appear at the top of your blog. (Mine is called "YDEV Cohort 3")

CHOOSE AN ADDRESS:

Every blog has its own URL, or web address.

http://_______.blogspot.com

This will be the web address associated with your site. you can call it anything you like. Be clever or simple (or both) -- it is up to you.

CHOOSE A TEMPLATE:

You will also need to choose a design template for your blog. Look through the options listed and see what appeals to you. You can change this later so don't worry too much about it initially... 

START POSTING:

Once you have the account set up, you can start posting. A “post” is an entry on your blog. (For clarification, you have one blog, but many posts). Give the post a title and then compose as you would any journal entry. When you are finished, hit the button that says Publish. It will not appear on your blog until you publish it. You can always go back and edit old posts and create new ones.

Your First Post:

Your first post should be a short introduction to you: who are you, what you did over the summer, what do you do when you are not in class, etc. (Just a short paragraph — no big deal).

POST A COMMENT WITH YOUR ADDRESS:

When you are done creating your site and posting your first entry, please come back to this blog and post a comment at the end of the first post (scroll down) that includes your blog address so that we can post it in the blog list to the right.

Some Tips and Helpful Hints:

• Once you are in your blog, look at the top right corner of the screen. If you click on the word DESIGN, you will be able to make design changes, create new posts, edit old posts, etc. (You can only do this if you are logged in to your blog.)
• Once you are in the DESIGN screen, you can do all kinds of things to make your blog a bit more interesting. Change your fonts and colors, edit a post, change your settings. See the tabs at the left side of the screen for all kinds of options.
• Poke around online and make a list of websites related to gender, social justice, feminism or anything else relevant and post them on your blog. You can add all kinds of things by ADDING A GADGET from your LAYOUT screen.
• Just do the best you can with this. If you get stuck, don't fret... I am happy to help you anytime as you work on getting this started. And remember: you can't break it. It is just a blog. Everything can be changed if need be!

Good luck!!

LB :)