Virtue Foundation’s Digital Storytelling Initiative helps students make a difference in their Hunts Point, N.Y. communities. The Hunts Point Alliance for Children collaborated with seventh and eighth graders at MS 424 and Saint Ignatius middle schools to complete the year-long Virtue Foundation Digital Storytelling Initiative that examines how students can impact their communities. During the…
HUNTS POINT, BRONX⎯The Hunts Point Alliance for Children collaborated with seventh and eighth graders at two local middle schools, MS 424 and Saint Ignatius School, to complete the year long Virtue Foundation Digital Storytelling Initiative that examines how students can impact their communities. During the year, the students participated in digital storytelling workshops and learned…
We are honored that Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be our featured keynote speaker. Justice O’Connor will discuss her activities since retiring from the bench with a special focus on her work with iCivics. We will also introduce the exciting Virtue Foundation/iCivics Citizenship, Philanthropy and Digital Storytelling Initiative. This 21st Century education initiative, which highlights…
On U.S. Election Day, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is visiting with students and education leaders at the United Nations to discuss the importance of civic engagement in the 21st Century. Joining Justice O’Connor is Joel Klein, Chancellor of NYC Department of Education, Geoffrey Canada, CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, and Drs. Joseph Salim and…
The Town Talk – April 19, 2008 There was no red carpet, but it was a screening party. Except, this screening party was in the virtual world. All viewers were represented by avatars or virtual characters. Bolton High School students gathered Friday with Virtue Foundation and The N, Nickelodeon’s 24-hour youth station, and officials online…
Three Louisiana High School Students Win Documentary Film Competition NEW YORK, April 17, 2008 – The Virtue Foundation Louisiana Education Initiative will celebrate three winning documentary film shorts, which will premiere online on The-N.com’s broadband media player, The Click on Friday, April 18. The shorts were shot and created by local Louisiana high school students…
Rachael DeWorth, Margaux Jurgensen and Anna Yancey knew Nickelodeon was filming them. The three Bolton High School students also knew they were finalists in a video contest by the Virtue Foundation. What they didn’t know was that they are the only finalists in the contest. “We are it?,” Anna asked her teacher, Dawayna Sanders. “You…
By Mandy M. Goodnight Elisha Taylor sat with her son, Carl Taylor III, as he typed on a laptop computer. “I could never have imagined this,” the mother said. “I didn’t have this when I was here.” Taylor’s son is one of the Bolton High School students being issued a computer instead of textbooks this…
Virtue Foundation Louisiana Education Initiative Hosts Digital Teaching Training with McNeese State University and University of California, Berkeley for Cameron and Vermillion Parish Teachers Affected by Rita on July 19-20, 2007 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The conference is designed to provide state-of-the-art digital teaching skills to teachers and other educational stakeholders participating in the Virtue…
Virtue Foundation Hosts Digital Teaching Conference with University of California, Berkeley and the University of New Orleans on May 18, 2007 in New Orleans. The conference is designed to provide state-of-the-art digital teaching skills to teachers and other educational stakeholders, who are participating in the Virtue Foundation Katrina Education Initiative, a technology-enabled educational pilot initiative…