Birds Without Borders

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Birds Without Borders

• David Finkel
• david.finkel_at_ytcorps.org
• Youth Technology Corps

Collaboratory Project Symposium
Northwestern University, Evanston IL May
4, 2007
07/12/99
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Northwestern University
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Youth Technology Corps

• Partners
• High Schools
• Chicago
• Mexico
• Belize
• Philippines
• After School Matters
• NU Collaboratory Project
• Milwaukee Zoo

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Youth Technology Corps

• Programs (Past, Present and Future)
• Computer Refurbishment
• Web Design
• Film
• Water Quality
• Bird Migration

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Youth Technology Corps Teens and Technology are
the Crossroads of Tomorrow

• Low-cost after school program
• Children teaching children
• Leadership training
• International partnership and collaboration

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YTC Students in Action

• American and Mexican students prepare some of the
  25 computers going to the schools of Santiago
  Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico.

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YTC Students in Action

• Students use the Collaboratory to keep in touch
  while they are on separate projects and write
  reports on their experiences.

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YTC International Student Exchanges

• In this picture, a Chicago high school student
  and a Durango, Mexico science teacher measure
  water viscosity in a Santiago Papasquiaro,
  Durango, Mexico river after a rain storm.

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YTC Video Making a Difference
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Birds Without BordersAn International Science
Collaborative

• An international bird population study in
  partnership with the Milwaukee Zoo, and high
  school students from Chicago, Milwaukee, Belize,
  Mexico, and the Philippines
• YTC will provide participating programs with
  computers to use the internet and the
  Collaboratory
  
• Birds Without Borders students will research and
  observe birds in their community, then using the
  Collaboratory, they will collect data from their
  student partners from around the globe and
  produce an international report.
• YTC Invites your participation in this
  international collaborative science project.

07/12/99
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Northwestern University
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BWB Collaboratory Resources

• Students in YTC programs in Chicago, Milwaukee,
  Mexico, the Philippines, and Belize will all
  gather data locally and post it on the
  Collaboratory
• Students compare findings and assemble a Report
  of Findings, which will explore the global
  consequences of changing bird populations

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Birds Without Borders

• Please join us in this truly international
  science collaborative!
  
• Contact
• David Finkel
• david.finkel_at_ytcorps.org
• Ginny Zerang
• Ginnylz_at_comcast.net

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Birds Without Borders

• David Finkel
• david.finkel_at_ytcorps.org
• Youth Technology Corps

Collaboratory Project Symposium
Northwestern University, Evanston IL May
4, 2007
07/12/99
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Northwestern University