Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age (EDDA)—a partnership between Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), Mills College, and the National Writing Project—is a digital civics initiative that launched in 2012 with the support of the S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation.
The goal of EDDA is to bring high quality civic learning and digital media literacy learning opportunities to all OUSD high school students. The initiative reflects the need to support all young people to be informed and effective civic actors who contribute to a vibrant, healthy democracy and who are prepared to confront the challenges of the 21st Century. The EDDA initiative has significantly expanded the opportunity structure for civic learning and engagement in OUSD. It began with 28 teachers and has grown to over 100 teachers from 12 high schools in Oakland who are now providing digital literacy and civic learning opportunities as part of the standard curriculum. With the support of the Thomas J. Long Foundation, EDDA is poised to for institutionalization – developing a district-wide opportunity structure that enables all students in OUSD to become skilled, thoughtful, and engaged community members who are able to leverage the tools of the digital age to tackle relevant issues.
Blog Posts
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Why Community Ready? by Young Whan Choi (Civic Engagement Coordinator)
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Why Getting Kids College and Career Ready Isn't Enough by Joseph Kahne (EDDA Prinicipal Investigator)
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Technology Can Help Get Kids Community Ready by Ellen Middaugh (EDDA Principal Investigator) and Joseph Kahne (EDDA Principal Investigator)
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Celebrating Community Ready Seniors by Young Whan Choi (Civic Engagement Coordinator)
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Increasing Civic Agency by Jessica Tyson (9th Grade ELA/History Teacher)
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Writing, Research, and Youth Voice by Lisa Rothbard (11th Grade ELA Teacher)
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Using Infographics as a Writing Tool and Accommodation for Out of the Box Thinkers by Nicole Edwards (9th - 12th ELA Teacher)
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Online Research is a Human Right by Marguerite Sheffer (11th Grade ELA Teacher)
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The Nuts and Bolts of Digital Civic Imagination by Chris Evans (EDDA Researcher)
Resources for Educators
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Taking Action (Lesson - 9th grade)
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Research & Blogging (Lesson - 11th grade)
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Democracy in Action (Lesson - 12th grade)
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Analyzing & Creating Infographics (Lesson - 7th-12th grade)
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EDDA Research
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Hackathons with High Schoolers—An Educator Innovator Webinar
- Civic Engagement in Oakland - Teachers Teaching Teachers #379
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