Source: Arizona State University (ASU) online
Written by Julie Newberg and Sharon Keeler
Fifteen-year-old Rosenda Rivera is gradually watching her Akimel O’odham language fade away. Only 8 percent of the people in her Gila River Indian Community know it and most are elderly. Rivera is producing a video that explores this language loss to raise awareness of the issue.

An hour away in downtown Phoenix, Aimee Angulo, 13, has watched girls in her community face the challenge of unplanned pregnancy. Through research, she is learning that having a baby at such a young age also presents challenges for the teens’ parents as well as the community. Using an animation program called “Scratch,” she hopes to show others how the impacts of teen pregnancy ripple outward.

Read more at: http://asunews.asu.edu/20100805_compugirls
View a related video at: http://vimeo.com/13015211
Read about this ITEST project at: http://itestlrc.edc.org/compugirls-culturally-relevant-technology-progra...