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Friday, May 11, 2012

The Innovative Educator: Free Speech in the Digital Age –the Hive NYC 1st Amendment Hack Jam

The Innovative Educator: Free Speech in the Digital Age –the Hive NYC 1st Amendment Hack Jam:


Free Speech in the Digital Age –the Hive NYC 1st Amendment Hack Jam

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On Saturday, May 12th (tomorrow) from 1-5pm at the West Side YMCA there will be Hive's first 1st Amendment Hack Jam!  It’s a free event for tweens and teens to explore and exercise their constitutional rights.

We’ve partnered with The American Constitution Society to extend their Constitution in the Classroom program by taking it out of the classroom and examining at the First Amendment with a web-ified lens to help youth learn more about everything from fair use to expressive conduct in schools.
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