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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: BOSTnet Summer Series
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Thursday, June 11, 2009. Some form of academic assistance may indeed be needed over the summer, however, summer school has been around for almost as long as there has been the public institution of school. What is difficult now is that programs thrive being fun and engaging places and do not have the desire or often capacity to transform their program from what it is today into a program that can be better managed and analysed centrally. It seems that summer is itself almost like a project. Nicole Horton...
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Interactive Learning: February 2015
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Thursday, February 26, 2015. 7 Movies for 7 Days of Fun! Would you enjoy escaping the snow for a few hours? Luckily you have come to the right place. The Children’s Museum in Easton has created a list of movies that will have your whole family laughing, during these wintery times. You will enjoy the laughter these seven movies will bring to your family, as we have done extensive research. If it’s not a duck that thinks it’s a rooster, it’s a pig that thinks it’s a dog! In this animated feature,. 2003) is...
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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: June 2009
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009. BOSTnet Summer Series II. So there is an economic aspect of this service where summer subsidizes the academic year. There is another aspect where programs have to ramp up into full time services and work with children or youth who may be part of the academic year or may follow another configuration - such as several sites being consolidated into one site. One member of the Summer Series group said that themes worked for the summer. These themes could change week by week rath...
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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: Summer Is Here, Again
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Summer Is Here, Again. It may be that all children benefit from great activities that make them think, meet new friends or engage with others in structured an unstructured ways. It would be a shame if inner-city children get a version of summer school while others get:. Trips to a zoo or visits by a nature program. Getting away to a camp for the day or a sleep away. Engaging in a project that involves trips to museums or cultural centers. Sports programs and athletics. Out-of-Schoo...
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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: BOSTnet Quality Forum 2009
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009. BOSTnet Quality Forum 2009. What did this quality look like in the many diverse programs represented at the forum? It is hard to say. Outside of the forum and in many meetings leading up to it, we have heard program directors say they want more information on what children and youth need, what families think about their program, and ways to measure their impact not just for grant requirements, but to answer the questions, "how is my program doing" and "how do I know? Older youth...
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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: August 2008
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008. How many times have you heard an educator say, "let's not reinvent the wheel" or a variant of that statement. The wheel is reinvented and then klatches of colleagues moan, "why did so-and-so think they had to reinvent the wheel? The other issue may be that of funding. Funding is measured and managed by a host of computer programs such as Razors Edge. And a host of organizations that sell services to non-for-profits such as The Foundation Center. The big question here is not wh...
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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: October 2008
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Thursday, October 16, 2008. Inclusion Series: ALL Means ALL. What do you get when you combine about 150 afterschool and out-of-school time providers, a couple legislators, a specialist in developmental pediatrics, innovative workshop presenters dedicated to inclusion, two Olympians and a real life Olympic Gold Medal? The 4th Annual All Means All Conference! 183; “Fantastic – keep the information coming! 183; “Very well organized”. 183; “Excellent”. 183; “Outstanding! Build the Out of School Time Network.
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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: Communication and Out-of-School Time
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Friday, May 8, 2009. Communication and Out-of-School Time. Several organizations presented their work in communications to give some ideas about how to use the services out there as well as some challenges. Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership. Presented their MAP Facebook fansite. Work, while Boston Afterschool and Beyond. Discussed their Teen Empowerment Youtube Channel. Of those who RSVP'ed a very unscientific survey was taken using Survey Monkey. It showed that although Facebook and Linkedin use is ...
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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: May 2009
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Monday, May 25, 2009. Project-based learning has been around for a long time. Many of the early progressive educators were indeed doing projects. The educational philosopher John Dewey. Was looking to make learning more real than the factory-style learning he saw about him. In the decades since, there has been innovation in teaching and learning inside and outside of the classroom. We learned to work together" one staff member said. However, did they now know that before the start of the activity? Was th...
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