Saadman Bin Abdullah from Bangladesh participated in the Global New Media Lab (GNML) program while a YES exchange student in the United States in 2014/2015. GNMLis a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and PH International. In December, he organized a community project related to his social media for social change campaign "Bring Water, bring Life" created during GNML. Read more here: http://yesprograms.org/impact/story/bring-water-bring-life
Before coming to the United States as a high school exchange student, Raymond Okyere-Forson, was already a respected young leader in his home community of Ashaiman, Ghana for establishing GreenAid in 2012. The skills he learned in PH International’s Global New Media Lab (GNML) while studying in the U.S. allowed him to build on his leadership skills and use social media for greater civic engagement.
Twenty six U.S. Department of State-sponsored International high school students from 16 different countries around the globe attended PH International's one-week Youth TechCamp at Champlain College from March 22-28.
The successful third and final year of GNML Online, a component of Global New Media Lab ended in March. The five month online Social Media for Social Change training program engaged students independently to work with seven social media platforms: Blogger, Google Alerts, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. The U.S. Department of State and PH International proudly awarded 91 GNML Online Certificates of Completion to A-SMYLE, FLEX, and YES students currently living throughout the US. Students receiving Certificates of Completion have completed a professional Social Media for Social Change Campaign raising awareness of an issue in their home communities. We encourage all GNML Online students to continue building their Social Media for Social Change Campaigns and to teach others when they return home from their year abroad in the United States! Congratulations to all participants!
The successful second year of GNML Online, a component of Global New Media Lab ended in April. The seven month online Social Media for Social Change training program engaged students independently to work with eight social media platforms...
Professionals from AFS-USA, Champlain College, and PH International will lead training sessions for the 2014 Youth TechCamp that focus on providing students with training, leadership, and advanced social media for social change skills.
PH International is proud to announce the 26 Finalists for the 2014 Youth TechCamp component of Global New Media Lab. Selected students showed dedication and professionalism while engaging in the weekly GNML Online sessions beginning in September 2013. Over 90 GNML Online students applied for participation in the Youth TechCamp.
GNML Online has engaged approximately 200 students from over 45 countries since the program launched in October 2013! As we approach the start of the new year, we also mark the halfway point of our online program.
Global New Media Lab (#GNML), funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is pleased to announce the participation of numerous international organizations as Virtual Guest Speakers during the second year of GNML Online, the online component of Global New Media Lab.
