Blog Archives: December 2006
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12/26/06
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Barry Joseph
Youth Discussion: the Role of Adults within Online Teen Spaces
What role should adults play, or not play, within online teen spaces? Global Kids, which works with teens both in person and online, took the question to a number of teens familiar with their work within Teen Second Life (TSL).12/23/06
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Douglas Thomas
Barab and Thomas on their Project, “Learning in the 21st Century”
Douglas Thomas and Sasha Barab discuss the need and promise of their project, recently funded by the MacArthur Foundation.12/23/06
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Cathy Davidson
Davidson & Goldberg: The Future of Learning Institutions
We are faced today by a pressing question: How do institutions—social, civic, educational—transform in response to and in order to promote new kinds of learning in the information age? —by Cathy Davidson and David Theo Goldberg12/21/06
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Jonathan Fanton
New Grants, Reflections on Spotlight’s Launch
MacArthur’s President considers how far Spotlight has come and announces support for three new projects.12/15/06
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Susannah Stern
Susannah Stern: Girls Gone Wild? I don’t think so…
It’s easier to deride girls for being superficial and imprudent than to recognize that, online, girls are practicing how to be part of our culture.12/14/06
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danah boyd
danah boyd: net neutrality is critical for youth participation
Net neutrality is not just a geek thing; it’s a generation thing. If we want to build a world where youth have a voice online, we have to keep the net neutral.12/13/06
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Rebekah Willett
Rebekah Willett: Commodified Identities?
Is Google’s purchase of YouTube and similarly Murdoch’s purchase of MySpace an issue for research on online identity?12/13/06
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Angela Booker
Angela Booker: Participation = Power?
Institutions may be of paramount significance to understanding links between commodification, access, and engagement.12/12/06
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Shelley Goldman
Shelley Goldman: intentional environments—good for youth?
Youth who want to change the world can use some help. It’s not all self-discovery and anarchy out there and some pedagogies really are helping youth make a difference.12/12/06
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Sandra Weber
Sandra Weber thinks that ‘public’ is young people’s new ‘private.’
Young people often realize that their blogs and homepages are public and accessible. This doesn’t bother them because they trust that only their peers are interested enough to view them. Adults are supposed to know where they are not welcome and act accordingly.12/12/06
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David Buckingham
This week’s theme: identity in digital media
We’ll be spotlighting voices drawn from the MacArthur Series online dialogs on identity conducted this fall.12/11/06
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David Buckingham
David Buckingham: Considering Identity
The editor of the MacArthur Series volume on Identity breaks down some of the core questions his group is tackling.12/09/06
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Luke Walker
Luke Walker: Globalize This! A film festival powered by social networking
What inspired 8th grade studens in Scarborough, Ontario, to take action? Social networking for social good through TakingITGlobal.org…12/08/06
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Kate Raynes-Goldie
Kate Raynes-Goldie: TakingITGlobal and the importance of involving youth
Online hang out spaces for teens are getting a bad rap while the potentials of the sites are ignored. Sites like TakingITGlobal.org demonstrate some of the possibilies.12/07/06
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Howard Rheingold
