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12/02/08
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Heather Horst
Heather A. Horst: Families and Media Ecology
How do parents feel about new media? How do family dynamics shape young people’s learning in and through new media at home? In her chapter on families, Heather Horst continues our discussion about the Digital Youth Project findings, released last month.12/01/08
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C.J. Pascoe
C.J. Pascoe: Flirting, Going Out and Breaking Up in Networked Publics
This post continues our series from the authors of a forthcoming book on youth new media practice. In the chapter on intimacy, a researcher discusses how teenagers are using new media in relationships. Findings from a three-year ethnographic study of young people’s use of new media were released last month.11/24/08
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danah boyd
danah boyd: Friendship-Driven Practices
Teens use social media to connect with friends and peers. danah boyd continues our series from the authors of a forthcoming book on youth new media practice. Findings from a three-year ethnographic study were released last week.11/21/08
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Heather Horst
Horst, Herr-Stephenson, & Robinson: Media Ecologies, Genres of Participation
How does young people’s social and cultural participation shape new media engagement, interest, and expertise? This post continues our series from the authors of a forthcoming book on youth new media practice. Findings from a three-year ethnographic study were just released this week.11/20/08
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Mizuko Ito
Mizuko Ito: Digital Youth Project Findings
Mimi Ito announces the release of a report of findings from a three-year ethnographic study of youth new media practice. This is the first in a series of posts by the book’s authors we will feature here over the coming weeks.11/19/08
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Connie Yowell
Connie Yowell: New Ethnographic Research to Release this Week
MacArthur’s education director introduces the release of Living and Learning with New Media. The new report, out tomorrow from Mizuko Ito and colleagues, is the largest ethnographic study to date of young people’s digital media use in the US.11/18/08
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Amira Fouad
Amira Fouad: RezEd.org Releases First Seasonal Report on Ethics and Virtual Worlds
Global Kids’ program manager discusses the first progress report for http://www.RezEd.org, the hub for learning and virtual worlds launched last spring.11/13/08
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Natalie Rodic
Rodic and Corriero: Engaging & Educating Global Citizens on Youth Media Exchange
Creators of Youth Media Exchange discuss the launch and development of the online social network for youth interested in using digital media tools to share information on major global issues.11/10/08
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Rik Panganiban
Rik Panganiban: Global Kids “Aha!” Moments from 2008
Rik Panganiban reports on Global Kids projects that leverage virtual worlds in support of the public good.11/10/08
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Sarah Jackson
“Real World Impacts from the Virtual World” and Sneak Preview of Foundations Sim
On Monday November 17, the MacArthur Foundation, the USC Network Culture Project and Global Kids will sponsor “Real World Impacts from the Virtual World” in Second Life.10/21/08
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Cathy Davidson
Davidson & Goldberg: Digital Media and Learning Competition Update
HASTAC’s co-founders celebrate the closing of another Digital Media and Learning Competition and note the progress of projects supported under the inaugural competition.10/09/08
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Connie Yowell
Recent Links in Digital Media & Learning
We’ve gathered links in digital media and learning from around the web over the past few weeks that seem worth highlighting. They include new blogs and social networking tools, interviews with gaming researchers, and cross continental texting.9/26/08
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Mizuko Ito
Mimi Ito: Launching the Futures of Learning Blog
Ito announces a new blog that will review innovative institutions, projects, and research in the field of new media and learning.9/16/08
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Connie Yowell
Connie Yowell: First National Survey on Gaming and Civics Out Today
MacArthur’s Education Director discusses a new report out today from the Pew Internet and American Life Project and The Civic Engagement Research Group at Mills College. The report, based on a national survey of teens, finds that youth game playing is universal, social and has potential to cultivate civic engagement.9/16/08
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Amanda Lenhart
