NOW AVAILABLE: Presentation Videos from the How Kids Learn IV Conference!

By Sam Piha

Sam Piha

On December 11, 2014, Temescal Associates and the Learning in Afterschool & Summer project sponsored our fourth How Kids Learn conference. This one day conference focused on character building, social emotional learning, and educational equity. 

For those who attended and wished to share the presentations with others and for those who were not able to attend, we have produced videos of the key presentations on our How Kids Learn YouTube channel. On this channel, you can also view presentations from educational and afterschool thinkers from previous conferences. 

Diego Arancibia (ASAPconnect) served as our Master of Ceremonies

Presentations from HKL IV include: 

• Michael Funk (California Department of Education) offering welcome remarks 
• Dr. Gil Noam (Harvard University) on social emotional learning
• Dr. Shawn Ginwright (San Francisco State University) on social emotional learning and kids of color
• Dr. Margaret Bridges (UC Berkeley) on character skills and Mexican-American youth 
• Dr. Carissa Romero (Stanford University) on growth mindsets
• Kwame Jerry Williams (Alchemy, Inc.) and Karina Epperlein (Director of Finding the Gold Within) on the making of this documentary and Kwame offers the telling of a myth
• Alejandra Vila, Ben Gonzalez, Jr., and Blanca Burciaga (Oakland Leaf Foundation) bringing a youth perspective 

We also share three videos that were shown at the conference. These can be accessed below:

• Learning Principles for Afterschool and Summer Programs: This 17-minute video provides an overview of the LIAS learning principles. There are several educational and afterschool leaders as well as practitioners and youth who are featured sharing their thoughts on the learning principles.
• The Power of Belief: This 11-minute video offers an overview of what is known as “growth mindset” and features Eduardo Briceño from Mindset Works.
• 5 Keys to Successful Social and Emotional Learning: This 6-minute video offers an excellent overview of social emotional learning. 

Photo by Laila Bahman at HKL IV

All of these presentations and videos above serve as great discussion and training tools for educational and afterschool leaders. We encourage you to share them with all of your stakeholders and colleagues using social media. You can also view photos of the conference and participants by clicking here. 

Photo by Laila Bahman at HKL IV 

#HKL4

By Sam Piha

Sam Piha

For those who are attending the How Kids Learn IV conference next week, you are invited to participate in real time through social media using the hashtag, #HKL4. Use this hashtag when posting your comments and photos. For those not attending, you can still register or peak in by clicking the hashtag on any of your social media accounts. 

Follow us on: 
- Instagram: @LIASproject
- Twitter: @LearninginAS
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/LearninginAfterschool

We interviewed our social media expert, Max Piha, and you can find his answers to a couple of our questions below. 

Q: What does the hashtag do? 

Max Piha

A: Hashtags are used to group content regarding a common topic. When clicked on, you will be taken to a feed of all other posts that include the given hashtag. For example, see the posts that included hashtag #HKL3 from last year's conference: https://twitter.com/hashtag/hkl3 - This year we want to have as many posts with #HKL4 as possible so that during and after the conference, people can go back and see who was at HKL4, who was speaking, what the workshops looked like, etc.

Q: To follow #HKL4 on Twitter, do I need a Twitter account? If so, how do I get that?  
A: You do not need a Twitter account to view the feed of all posts under the hashtag. You can just click on https://twitter.com/hashtag/hkl4 to follow the feed. But in order to add to the feed, you will need to set up an account.

Q: If I want to view photos from the HKL conference on Instagram, do I need an account or only a link? 
A: Public Instagram accounts can be seen by anyone. Take www.instagram.com/djmackswell for example. Anyone can see my profile, but in order to follow me, anyone else, leave comments, like photos, post photos etc., they will need an account.

Q: There is growing interest in using social media for non-profit work. What do you think is the most effective use?
A: I think there are a variety of uses, but most importantly, giving your organization an outward facing, fun, social appearance, plus getting in touch with partners and like-minded people and organizations/brands.

Q: If I want to use social media for my non-profit work, what questions should I consider first? 
A: Determine how much time a week are you willing to dedicate towards social media. Also, how much money, if any, are you willing to spend on advertisements or agency/consultant level help to get you started or to run completely.

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Max Piha graduated from the University of Washington with a major in communications and a minor in Spanish. He serves as a Temescal Associate responsible for the design of our digital badges and the use of social media. Max is also a very successful club DJ, using the name DJ Mackswell, and you can view his work and hear unique mixes by going to this link: www.djmackswell.com.