{"id":5747,"date":"2014-10-20T11:33:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T15:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hivetoronto.wpengine.com\/?p=5747"},"modified":"2014-10-20T11:33:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T15:33:26","slug":"introducing-burlington-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-science\/introducing-burlington-public-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Burlington Public Library: The Intersection of Digital Literacy and a Community of Making"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burlington Public Library<\/a> recently joined as an official member of the Hive Toronto network<\/a>. This post was written by the Burlington Public Library team to share\u00a0why BPL joined the community, specifically around\u00a0the opportunities BPL hopes to work towards by leveraging the connections, knowledge and existing resources within the\u00a0Hive\u00a0community.<\/em><\/p>\n

Burlington Public Library had a few challenges:<\/h3>\n
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  1. We wanted to find a way to provide teens with programs that would develop their digital literacy and other making skills \u2013 but couldn\u2019t figure out the best way.<\/li>\n
  2. We had the traditional library problem of teens not thinking of the library as a space where these kinds of activities happen.<\/li>\n
  3. We were hearing from teens that they were desperate for meaningful volunteer opportunities to fulfill their required volunteer hours.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    BPL now has a plan. We\u2019re going to have teens come to the library to learn some of these skills AND get volunteer hours for doing it. Here\u2019s a small example of how it\u2019s going to work.<\/p>\n

    On Saturday, September 6th, Karen Smith from Mozilla came to BPL to introduce a small group of teens to Webmaker’s collection of tools:<\/a>\u00a0Thimble,<\/a> X-Ray Goggles<\/a>, and Parapara<\/a>. The teens then got volunteer hours for coming to the session. Why? Because they committed themselves to showing other teens how to use these services and committed to participate in our DIY+Maker Expo in October to show the larger public how to use them. They\u2019ll get volunteer hours for doing that as well.<\/p>\n

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    Mozilla’s Parapara Tool: click on the image to the full activity kit and learn how to run your own workshop with this tool.<\/p><\/div>\n

    We\u2019re hoping that these kinds of volunteer opportunities will enable us to spread our ability to provide youth with some of the skills that they need. The goal is for youth to both learn and give back. By asking them to share their new skills with others, we know that it will help solidify what they\u2019ve learned and will also build their social skills. We\u2019re also hoping that it will lead to them co-designing some of the opportunities they\u2019d like to see happen. Will this plan work? We think so \u2013 so stay tuned!<\/p>\n

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