GHGT seeks volunteers for youth tech fair

Golden Horseshoe Green Tech (GHGT) would like to invite you and your organization to participate in a one-day technology fair that GHGT will be hosting in partnership with Mozilla and the Toronto Hive.

The Toronto Hive is a network of not for profit organizations (including GHGT) that focus on exposing local youth to digital literacy and in developing an interest in Information/Communications Technology.

The goal of this event will be to promote interactive learning, one of the most effective ways to ensure understanding and retention of knowledge. Our tech fair will introduce youth to digital literacy through hands on experience in an open and inclusive learning environment.

Each of our partners in this even will be asked to create a fun, interactive, learning table where youth can explore new ideas and technologies. The overall theme of the day will be “Story Maker.” This theme is broad enough that a number of different ideas can be molded into individual activities, and is one that is also meant to appeal to the imagination of our participants.

Participants will be encouraged to tell a story of their own choosing, through activities like character creation using Mozilla Webmaker, paper prototyping a game or application that tells a story, or video remixes using online videos and multimedia with Mozilla Popcorn.

We want our participants to leave this event with their imaginations fired with ideas about what is possible with Information/Communications Technology, and to have inspired in them a desire to pursue further education or a career in the ICT field.

This event will run from 12:00pm until 4:30pm on Saturday, November 30 at Parkview Secondary School in Hamilton (60 Balsam Ave N). It is our hope that with your participation, we will be able to offer 10 to 12 interactive learning stations that the participants can explore at their own choosing and direction.

Participating organizations are eligible for a small stipend to help cover some of the materials they will need for their booth, but the goal is for each group to be able to cover their own costs. If you choose to participate in this event, you will be able to join, and benefit, from the significant marketing effort that is being planned within the GHA. This will be an opportunity to meet and network with other organizations within Hamilton and Toronto, with the goal of creating lasting partnerships for future endeavours.

Please contact myself, Tahereh Ziafazeli (tahereh.ziafazeli@ghgt.ca) if you are interested in additional information regarding this event. We look forward to introducing you to our other partners in the Toronto Hive.

Tahereh Ziafazeli
Community Projects Committee Coordinator
Golden Horseshoe Green Tech