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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