The National 4-H Council is growing in a new direction – online – by launching its e-learning platform Clover with a collaboration with Netflix and its new movie “Spy Kids: Armageddon.”
The innovation, Bramble says, comes in the way the Clover platform engages with the students by using gamification and entertainment, which led to the collaboration with Netflix.
“It was a natural alignment,” she said. “When you think of the intent behind ‘Spy Kids,’ those kids are tackling some of the world’s most pressing issues and they’re doing this through coding and gamification. We wanted to align that with what we see is possible through Clover.” Encouraging interest in coding and other STEM disciplines has become increasingly important throughout education, especially after students’ science and math test scoresBob Hughes, director of K-12 Education for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s United States Program, recently told The Associated Press that improving STEM education is a high priority for the nonprofit, which is not connected to Clover, but last year“Math is a such a gatekeeper for future success -- and not just success...
Clover was developed to help with those fundamentals by increasing students’ exposure to subjects like math and science in a less stressful, more entertaining way, Bramble said. “The pandemic was an inflection point showing what kids need today,” she said. “We feel that Clover can support a way to catch up, but it can’t do it alone. It’s so valuable to have an in-person program that goes along with it -- the mentoring aspect that comes with 4-H. It helps bring that sense of belonging that helps a young person catch up to where they need to be.
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