1. Youngzine: Integrating Current Events Into Your Classroom March 2, 2015 Deepa Gopal deepa@youngzine.com

2. The Facts Are… #1 Raising Generation Z: Digital natives, Socially conscious, Gaming, Globally aware, Different learning styles

3. The Facts Are… #2 Our children are growing up in an increasingly inter-connected, inter-dependent world

4. The Facts Are… #3 “The ability to work in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, multi- locational teams will be key to our children’s success” Source: Think-Global.org.uk

5. Are We Building These Skills In Our Children? Accessing and Analyzing Information Effective communication (speaking/writing/listenin g) Open Mindedness / Empathy Curiosity Critical Thinking / Creative Problem Solving Collaboration / Leading by Influence Agility and Adaptability

6. Common Core: A Small Step

7. Connect “classroom concepts” with the real-world through the lens of Current Events Provide an “easy-to-use tool” to seamlessly integrate into classroom instruction Let’s Make Learning Relevant 7

8. What Is Youngzine? Free current events resource for kids 9-14 High Quality, Non-fiction Articles Broad spectrum of topics: world events, science, technology, environment, arts. Voice to youth (Comments/Uwrites) Moderated, safe Private portal for teachers Ad-free / Non-profit organization 8 Common Core Flipped Learning Differentiated Learning

9. Readership / Awards Where In The World? Recognition Partners

10. 10 Youngzine Home Page

11. World News Section

12. Science and Technology Section

13. Our Earth Section

14. More Articles In Each Section

15. Society And Arts Section

16. Inside An Article

17. Don’t Know The Meaning?

18. Interacting With The Article Polls

19. Comments (Moderated) 19 DISCUSSIONINSPIRATION SUGGESTIONS

20. Search Feature – Look Up Any Topic

21. Thought Leaders

22. Science From The Field…

23. Learning From Peers…

24. Young Editors: Summer Program Six Weeks: July 1 – August 15

25. Who Are They?

26. Playzine! Contests

27. Classroom Feature For Teachers Easy setup of private, closed group (classroom) Flexibility to customize assignments Ability to moderate discussions for a closed audience 27

28. Inside A Classroom

29. Create An Assignment

30. Sample Assignment

31. 31 THE SCIENCE THE IMPACTTHE ACTION Building Connections

32. Q & A YOUNGZINE www.youngzine.org Contact Deepa Gopal deepa@youngzine.com

33. THANK YOU 33