Webmaker/HiveChattanooga
The Hive Learning Community in Chattanooga
The Hive Learning Community in Chattanooga supports connected learning experiences in the Chattanooga, Tennessee metropolitan region.
In 2014, Hive Chattanooga is supporting the development of these learning experiences through the Gigabit Community Fund.
About Hive Learning Communities
Hive Learning Communities use the connected learning principles and the practices of Hive to operationalize a learning network. They draw heavily from the experience of existing Hive Learning Networks whose leaders function as consultants and mentors sharing information about structure, program design and strategy. Local facilitators adapt tools, practices, frameworks to their local contexts.
The Hive concept has developed into a grassroots movement with Hive Learning Communities forming around the globe. Current examples include Hive India, Hive Kansas City, Hive Berlin, and others. Learn more about the three tiers of hive.
About the Gigabit Community Fund
The Gigabit Community Fund Fund, supported by the National Science Foundation and part of the broader US Ignite initiative, invests in organizations and projects that utilize gigabit technology to serve educational systems, support educators in and out of the classroom, and impact student learning. Projects supported by the Fund will build and pilot gigabit-enabled applications and associated curricula that have immediate, measurable impact on classrooms and informal learning organizations in Chattanooga and Kansas City. Through these pilot projects, Chattanooga and Kansas City will become living laboratories in which to study how these next-generation networks can impact education and workforce development.
Projects
Spring 2014 Pilot Projects
Adagio: Remote Audio Mixing
Adagio is a collaborative, cloud-based music education app. RAM allows both professional musicians and aspiring student musicians to manipulate multi-track audio recordings in a simple, intuitive interface on any device. A beta of this application will be piloted with the Chattanooga Public Library and with music classes at Barger Academy of Fine Arts, a local public elementary school. Learn More
Hyperlocal Hyperaudio
Hyperaudio is an audio/video in-browser remixing platform that invites anyone to create their own new media narratives using locally produced content. In partnership with the Chattanooga Public Library, the Hunter Museum of American Art, the Public Education Foundation, and the Chattanooga History Center, Hyperaudio has teamed up with local content providers in Chattanooga to develop a content remixing curriculum with measurable educational outcomes for both informal and formal learning environments. Learn More
Viditor
Viditor is an online video editor entirely based in the cloud and composed of modern and open web technologies like HTML5, CSS, JQuery, and more. Viditor, created by two University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students, makes advanced, collaborative video editing available to everyone. Viditor’s beta launch will be piloted with digital art and design classes at Baylor School and at the Chattanooga Public Library’s teen center. Learn More
Sumer 2014 Pilot Projects
The summer application window is now closed. Grant recipients will be announced mid-July. Learn how to apply at Mozilla.org/Gigabit.
Events
Ongoing Events
Demo Calls
Join us via Google Hangouts on the first Friday of every month at 11am Eastern to learn more about the gigabit innovations developing in Kansas City, Chattanooga, and across the country! Want to learn more or sign up to present? Find info here.
Meetups
Fall meetup schedule coming soon!
More Hack
A monthly night of action! Come connect with a team, dig into a proposal, or get to work on a project.
Community Coffee
Third Thursday of Every Month
4:00-5:00PM ET
Camp House
1427 Williams Street
Slightly More Yack
Casual, caffeine-fueled conversation about Hive CHA, the intersection of technology and education, and connected learning.
Maker Party
Hive CHA joined with the Chattanooga Public Library to celebrate Maker Party on Saturday, August 2, 2014. Check out pictures of this awesome event!
Recent Hive Chattanooga Blog Posts
- Gigabit Blog: Mozilla in CHA's Gigabit Ecosystem
- Webmaker Blog: Summer Pilots
- Gigabit Blog: Chattanooga Spring Pilots
- Gigabit Blog: New Report Reinforces Gig City Focus on Access and Inclusion
Stay Connected to Hive
Follow Hive CHA + Hive KC on Twitter!
Photo Credit: Mary Barnett, Chattanooga Public Library