{"id":82261,"date":"2018-04-25T11:14:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T15:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261//?p=82261"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:45:37","slug":"ucf-receives-100000-grant-disney-new-literacy-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261//ucf-receives-100000-grant-disney-new-literacy-programs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Receives $100,000 Grant from Disney for New Literacy Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ CREATE (Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology, and Entertainment) and Page 15 have been awarded a $100,000 grant from Walt Disney World Resort to create new workshops, summer camps and afterschool programs for K-8 students in Central Florida. This grant is one of five presented to nonprofit organizations throughout Central Florida./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/n
The new programs will promote literacy and writing skills through creative activity. Starting this summer, Page 15 and CREATE will design and implement new curricula for /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u201cWriting + Animation/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u201d and /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u201cWriting + Podcast./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/n
About the New Programs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/n In the animation program, students will use creativity and technology to bring stories to life. In two-week workshops within Page 15/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u2019s after-school, in-school and publishing programs, students will begin by editing, revising and completing a short story, poem or piece of nonfiction writing. Working alongside CREATE instructors, students then learn to storyboard, film a stop-motion animation, edit and add background sound/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261//music/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261//narrative to a short stop-motion animated film inspired by their writing./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/n In the podcast program, students will explore the popular publishing format of podcasting by drafting, writing, and recording a three-part /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u201cdigital story./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u201d Support for the content will be provided by trained Page 15 staff and local podcasters, and production design, recording and musical compositions will be supported by the CREATE team./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/n Stella Sung, director of CREATE, says these programs will encourage creativity and wellbeing in children, while also providing an innovative environment for learning outside the classroom./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u201cOne of our primary goals is to ensure that school-aged children become comfortable in a university environment,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u201cIt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u2019s doubly rewarding to see them develop a keenness for Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ and hear them talking about one day becoming a Knight. These students are Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u2019s /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u2014 and Central Florida/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u2019s /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u2014 future./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82261/n