CATALYZE schools, youth programs, and city agencies to provide rich connected learning and web literacy programs especially in under-served communities

MOBILIZE more educators to adopt connected learning practices and teach web literacy 

CREATE high-quality connected learning and web literacy tools, content, curriculum and practices for broad use

GROW demand for Hive Learning Events, Communities and Networks

Hive’s Big Ambitious Goals

http://hivenyc.org/2014/07/10/hive-learning-networks-vision-goals-and-conditions-for-impact/

Hive NYC 101

A City-wide Lab

http://hivenyc.org/about-hive-nyc/

A Partner not a Funder

http://hivenyc.org/about-hive-nyc/stakeholders/

Connected Learning in Action

Equitable, social, participatory, supported, interest-drivenhttp://clalliance.org/why-connected-learning/

Stewarded by Mozilla who promotes openness, innovation and opportunity on the Internet

Different by Design

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/

THE OPEN WEB Inspired by Networks & The Open Web

Users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.

~Free Software Definitionhttp://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

Opportunities for exploration, experimentation, iteration, and shared discovery

An Open Source Approach

A Network for LearningA Network that Learns

hiveresearchlab.org/

Core Principles & Practices

RELEVANT & CONSEQUENTIALDesigning experiences to address the needs and potential of youth

#MORETHANAQUOTA

ChangeMakers Project Latino Justice/Make the Road/Urban Arts Project

Building learning opportunities in a way that fosters interoperability

EQUITABLE & ACCESSIBLE

Emoti-Con NYC: Youth Digital Media and Technology Showcase http://emoti-con.org/

Supporting exploratory innovation practices that lead to new ideas

ENGAGING & PARTICIPATORY

State of the Hive Meet-up, March 2014

valuing discovery, acquisition of knowledge, and the process of remixing and sharing learning with others

WORKING OPEN

Get Involved

Community CallsHive hosts monthly online meetings. Community and invited guests discuss and work on ideas around shared topics and concerns. Guests are welcome to contribute content and/or listen in. It is great way to learn more about what is going on in Hive NYC.

hive.etherpad.mozilla.org/hivecall2

Meet UpsHive hosts monthly meet ups for community members to come together around common interests, challenges and ideas. The location changes every month and various Hive community members present projects, facilitate activities or lead these hand-ons and participatory sessions.

Hive Pop-ups & EventsMaker Parties, Pop-Ups, skill shares, and game jams are just a few of the ways Hive community members explore, experiment and iterate together.

Sharing (and Learning) OpenlyIndividual Hive NYC stakeholders meet online to provide feedback and circulate discoveries. The online forum Discourse provides a platform for various Hive communities to connect and share across practices.

Hive Design CharrettesDiverse stakeholders work with facilitators in a concentrated amount of time to build a strategic plan, play-test an idea or deconstruct a persistent challenge.

http://hiveresearchlab.org/a-network-for-learning-creating-pathway-experiences-for-hive-nyc-youth/

Teach The WebHive is a local driver of Mozilla’s global campaign to democratize and teach the web. Mozilla’s Webmaker tools and programs empower educators to share content, mentor learners and remix curriculum.

http://webmaker.org/resources

Funded PartnershipsProjects funded by the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund are designed to develop new ideas and practices and scale the ones that work. The New York Community Trust releases two Request for Proposals a year to eligible lead member organizations and their collaborators.

http://hivenyc.org/members/http://hivenyc.org/portfolio/

Cohort Learning Lab

Lead member organizations use funded partnerships to incubate new ideas while enacting and scaling connected learning and web literacy. Project teams share findings and plans online while partnerships are in progress.

http://hivenycohort.tumblr.com/