Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning

Joseph Kahne: Democracy for Some

Today’s schools give white, higher achieving, and higher income youth far more civic learning opportunities.  Will digital media be any different?  In exploring this topic, MacArthur grantee Joe Kahne has received significant media attention.  Professor Kahne directs the civic engagement research group at Mills College.

[Reblogged] danah boyd: how youth find privacy in interstitial space

We reblog danah boyd’s recent piece about the race going on between parental surveillance vs. technology to assert privacy. boyd reminds us that youth have been trying to find ways to communicate outside the watchful eyes of adults for a long time.

[Reblogged] Howard Gardner: The End of Literacy? Don’t Stop Reading.

Howard Gardner asks “What will happen to reading and writing in our time?” We reblog his piece from the Washington Post last month that examines the future of literacy. Howard Gardner is Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Rik Panganiban: The International Justice Center in Second Life

Global Kids’ Second Life Producer and Program Associate, Rik Panganiban, announces the launch this week of the International Justice Center in Second Life, an education and action clearinghouse supporting a global constituency for international justice.

This Week’s Events in Virtual Worlds: Justice Center, ICC Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo, Kofi Annan

This Wednesday and Thursday the public is invited to a suite of events held in conjunction with the launch of the International Justice Center in Second Life.  The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will appear in avatar form, there will be an art show gala, plus simulcasts of a top-tier panel on international justice and a keynote by Kofi Annan as he receives the first MacArthur Award for International Justice.

Steven Gerber: Internet Meets the International Criminal Court

In conjunction with the first International Justice Award and the new International Justice Center in Second Life, MacArthur’s Program Officer in Human Rights and International Justice discusses the International Criminal Court and its increasing connections to the global internet.

[Reblogged] John Palfrey: Civic Life Online

Continuing our discussion of civics this week, we reblog John Palfrey’s recent piece on how digital media can engage youth online. John reacts to the new volume in the MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning. John is the executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and a Professor at Harvard Law School.

Lance Bennett: Investigating Youth Civic Learning and Engagement Online

How can informal online environments effectively engage the citizenship and learning styles of younger generations? University of Washington Professor Lance Bennett details his team’s work on the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement’s Digital Media and Civic Learning Project.

Kevin Denney: Archiving Learning

When are things ready for storing? A member of the Illinois Institute of Technology research faculty looks at understanding how people collect and store data and objects.