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The World Wide Workshop Foundation for Children's Media Technology & Learning is a Non-profit educational organization dedicated to enhancing learning, creativity, and originality among youth, and fostering a deeper understanding of the world through media technology. It aims to develop learning models and high-quality educational practices for communities in developed countries. BACKGROUND The World Wide Workshop Foundation for Children’s Media Technology & Learning was established by Idit Harel Caperton , founder and CEO of MaMaMedia Inc. It is a Non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose stated aims are to:
METHODOLOGY The Foundation benefits from a decades-old tradition of pioneering academic research that involves several of the founding minds behind the Constructionist Learning paradigm, which emphasizes learning by doing. It places a high value on improvement through measurability, and integrates intensive online and offline research techniques to explore and discern the epistemology and impact of new learning environments—from the perspectives of children, as well as their families, communities, and educators. The Foundation relies heavily on Constructionist Learning principles, and their value as a learning paradigm when combined with computer technology. Constructionist learning is a type of active learning inspired by and based on 100-year old ideas, philosophies, and theories of great thinkers such as John Dewey , Maria Montessori , and Jean Piaget . Constructionism as a learning theory was developed, researched, and explored (especially as applied to using computers) in the 1980s by Seymour Papert and his “Epistemology & Learning Research” team at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts . This Constructionist theory added a new dimension to previous learning theories by focusing on uses of new technologies and new media, and by imagining a future where technology is everywhere and affordable to all. Deriving from multiple experiments, mainly with inner-city children, the theory holds that children learn best by doing, in particular, when they use computers in a way that puts them in the active roles of designers and builders. WORK AND AFFILIATES Affiliate sites and projects include the MaMaMedia website, ConnectedFamily.org, Papert.org, and the SLB.com/SEED Foundation. MaMaMedia MaMaMedia is a commercial organization developing similar learning initiatives and consulting on the same; examples include the MaMaMedia Peace Project and the HQ for Girls. Globaloria The Globaloria Program was established by the World Wide Workshop Foundation in the spring of 2006 to develop projects that empower people in the developing world and other underprivileged communities to experience elements of Democracy and Globalization through learning Internet technology skills: accessing information, participating in real-time communication, working together on useful technology projects, and connecting to the global community. This is of particular importance for youth, who can especially benefit from technology and active access to information, interactive media, and real-time multicultural communication, as well as from the creation of economical and educational connections to the larger global community. As a first step, young people must experience first hand and learn what they can do with a web browser and Internet connectivity -- and discover how to become digitally literate, creative, collaborative, and effective cybercitizens. The first project of the GLOBALORIA Program is My Global Life (MyGLife.org), a worldwide network of educational, programmable websites and related wikis. The goal of this project is to help the world’s youth experience and master technology tools and methods for necessary in a world of expanding democracy and globalization. Site users are mentored to learn Internet technology skills (including Wiki development, Graphic Design and Flash Programming skills) and build global awareness, while simultaneously experiencing positive communication with other communities. Cisco Systems has provided the Seed Funding for the site. EXTERNAL LINKS Affiliated organizations
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