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About The KnowledgeBase Saturday & Summer Academies

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Introduction

Like its predecessor The Summer Academy (hosted each Summer at 
Georgia Tech since 1998), The KnowledgeBase Saturday Academy 
enhances participants' reading, writing, math, leadership, 
entrepreneurship, and critical thinking skills in "edutaining" 
(educating + entertaining) ways.

These ends are accomplished through means like computer 
repair & refurbishing, Web site & graphic design, the Internet, 
music & video production, and poetry. 

These means form the core of our project-based peer learning 
approach that incorporates interactive problem solving, 
skill-enhancing classes, technology demonstrations, and 
concept-reinforcing games. 
 

The 2002-03 KnowledgeBase Saturday Academy will allow students
to complete projects that:

1.  Repair, refurbish for, and redistribute computers
    to families, small businesses, and mission-driven 
    organizations.
2.  Build and maintain Web sites for small businesses
    and mission-driven organizations.
3.  Perform Internet-based research tasks for small 
    businesses and mission-driven organizations.
4.  Produce documentaries and short films that show
    ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
5.  Produce original music and poetry that educates
    and empowers using the language of our youth.

2002 KnowledgeBase Summer Academy

To prepare for these projects, KnowledgeBase Saturday Academy
students will participate in activities similar to those
conducted during the 2002 KnowledgeBase Summer Academy:
 

Internet Scavenger Hunt 
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The Scavenger Hunt activity is a computer-based competition 
that demonstrates the Internet's power and utility as a 
research tool by having students use it to find answers to 
a series of questions. It also stresses the importance of 
carefully reading to successfully navigate a Web site.

2001 Summer Academy Students Complete Internet Scavenger Hunt

High Museum
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Students experienced "Over the Line: The Art and 
Life of Jacob Lawrence", which showcased nearly 200 
works by this leading American modernist and the first 
20th-century African-American artist to achieve national 
recognition. 
 

Build Your Own Web Site
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Students constructed Web sites that focused on their 
personal interests and life goals. The sites include 
their personal biographies and statements of purpose. 

 
Build Your Own Computer
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Students refurbished a computer that they took home 
at the end of the Summer Academy. 

2002 Summer Academy Students Rebuild A Computer

Back-To-School Auction
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Students participated in a live back-to-school auction,
where they bid competitively on supplies and other
surprise goodies.

2002 Summer Academy Back-To-School Auction

HISTORhYmes
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HISTORhYmes is a literacy, composition and poetical 
expression activity that combines reading comprehension, 
grammar, and the creative imaginations of young people 
to study historical and contemporary figures. Students 
performed their HISTORhYmes for a studio audience of 
their peers and our volunteers.

2002 Summer Academy HISTORhYmes Presentation

     To learn more about the Saturday Academy and our previous projects, 
     please visit the following links:

2002 Photo Gallery (Session 1: Monday, July 8 to Friday, July 12, 2002)
2002 Photo Gallery (Session 2: Monday, July 29 to Friday, August 2, 2002)
2002 Student Web Sites
2002 Student HISTORhYmes
2001 Student Web Sites
2000 KnowledgeBase Summer Academy (Georgia Tech)
2000 KnowledgeBase Summer Academy (Rome, GA)

Copyright © 2002 KnowledgeBase, Inc.