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= Leveling Up: Becoming a Hive Learning Network=
= Leveling Up: Becoming a Hive Learning Network=


Hive Learning Events are gatherings that bring network practice and connected learning principles to life for an inter-generational audience. Examples include Pop-Ups, Hack Jams, media production sessions, Maker Faires and other events. These events are branded in two ways:
As Hive Learning Communities grow in scale and scope, many Hive teams begin to  explore opportunities of sustaining a Hive and mechanisms to seed innovative programming which can foster cross-community collaboration  and innovative programming.


Hive Pop-Ups have an intentional program design towards fostering a “Hanging Out, Messaging Around, Geeking Out” (HOMAGO) experience. For more on HOMAGO check out this handbook written by the Yollocalli Arts Center and Hive Chicago. At these events, multiple organizations come together with some of their best programs and deliver activities via learning stations tailored towards three levels of users:
The distinguishing factors of the Hive Learning Network include:


* Those who sample (Hang Out) by searching the room for what interests them most
* Have one dedicated full-time staff member who is able to continuously drive the work of the Hive
* Those who lightly experience all the activities offered (Messing Around)
* An operational budget of a minimum of $150,000
* A smaller but focused group who lock into one activity for the duration of the event (Geeking Out)
* Has a clearly defined mechanism for seeding funding innovations and partnerships


Participating educators and mentors get to both contribute to and observe what it’s like to see youth self-direct their learning and design their own experience in a networked space. Often the question, “Why Hive?” is better answered after seeing a Pop-Up in action: adults see youth interacting and learning with peers, remix and re-interpret their programs, become part of the energy in the room, and perhaps most importantly, see youth travel from different activities/interactions guiding their own path through the controlled chaos. We have distilled the Hive Pop-Up into a Webmaker Teaching Kit [ADD LINK]and this video details the Brooklyn Public Library Storymakers Maker Party/Hive Pop-Up. [A]
The introduction of dedicated innovation/programming funding is an exciting opportunity in the Hive Learning Networks state where different member organizations are able to come together, collaborate and create innovative experiential digital and web literacy educational opportunities.
 
'''Attributes of a Hive Learning Network:'''
 
* Demonstrated commitment to providing equitable, accessible connected learning and web literacy opportunities to youth  
* A laboratory-approach
* Portfolio of funded partnerships
* Cross-disciplinary collaboration
* Incubation of inter-connected learning experiences for youth
 
Bringing Hive to your community and implementing Hive models requires  funding, planning and strategy. Finding local stakeholders who can  support Hive and its vision is an essential component of making a Hive  community sustainable. While Hive practices and mechanisms can be  bootstrapped or begun with minimal funds, in order to create a model  that provides stable and reliable programming, innovations and  interventions in your community, it is essential to find support.
 
==Hive Learning Networks Recipes for Success==
 
==== [http://hivenyc.org/ Hive NYC] ====
 
'''Hive NYC History:'''
 
The history of Hive New York dates back to 2009 when the MacArthur  Foundation asked three principal investigators, Diana Rhoten, Phoenix  Wang, and Colleen Macklin to write a proposal for starting a learning network. Initially called, New Youth City Learning Network, the network  was designed to recognize that kids were pursuing their own interests  and paving their own learning pathways by piecing together multiple  sources of information and sites of interaction largely on their own—both in physical and virtual spaces. Along with MacArthur, this group of investigators curated six  NYC-based, youth-serving organizations to become the founding members of  The New Youth City Learning Network. Those organizations were:  Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Global Kids, MOUSE, New York Hall  of Science, New York Public Library and Parsons The New School for  Design.
 
'''Hive Successes:'''
 
Over the last five years, Mozilla Hive NYC  Learning Network has emerged as a dynamic force for learning and  engagement. A thriving collaboration with 70+ member organizations  across  the city, Hive NYC has engaged more than 20,000 youth in  Connected Learning experiences through funded programs and public events.
 
'''Member Engagement:'''
 
* '''Join a Monthly Community Call:''' Introduce yourself to Hive’s community of stakeholders and contribute to  discussions on topical issues, common challenges and potential  solutions.
 
* '''Attend or Host a Meet-up:'''  These in-person, get togethers are designed to help Hive contributors  make new connections, share ideas, surface challenges and hone their skills. Attend and/or offer to host and give us a tour of your place and  practice.
 
* '''Sign up for Hive Office Hours:''' Have questions, ideas or want  to  explore deeper engagement with Hive? Visit us in Dumbo during weekly  open office hours. Email info@hivenyc.org to book a date.
 
* '''Facilitate an Activity at a Learning Event:'''  Help us put connected learning in action. Playtest new tools or ideas  at one of Hive’s upcoming, youth-facing events. We’re also always open  to volunteers!
 
* '''Share a Discovery, Start a Conversation:''' Pose  questions, share interesting articles, post event and job listings.  Review and comment on topics in our Hive online discussion group or  create new topics of your own.
 
* '''Hangout with the Cohort:'''  Hive brings together educators and organizations with different  approaches to work together to  develop new ides, challenges and  innovations. Hive’s cohort of  educators and builders meets online to  share notes and best practices.
 
* '''Work Open:''' Document your processes and learnings, highlight  key successes and opportunities, or ruminate on larger issues by submitting a guest post for Hive NYC’s blog Explore Create Share.
 
* '''Teach the Web:''' Explore the web literacy map  (one of the key theoretical drivers of our work) to see where you align  and to create remixable teaching resources to help others around the  world make and learn with the web.
 
* '''Lead an Affinity Group:'''  Hive Affinity Groups bring community members together around developing  solutions to common problems or exploring niche areas of interest.
 
* '''Spread (or Scale) a Learning Innovation:'''  Hive Digital Media Learning Fund’s catalytic funding model helps lead  member organizations develop and scale their ideas.
 
==== Hive Chicago ====
 
Hive Chicago History:
 
Along with Hive NYC, Hive Chicago was one of the first Hive Learning Networks. Over  the last five years, Hive Chicago has grown its local network to 57 local member organizations across the city of Chicago . Hive  Chicago is comprised of mainly youth-development focused organizations, such as museums, libraries, advocacy groups, higher education  institutions, after-school programs and tech start-ups. Read more at:  http://hivechicago.org/about/#sthash.Oz51nJzX.dpuf
 
 
==== Hive Pittsburgh ====


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