Blog Archives: November 2008
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11/24/08
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Renee Hobbs
Renee Hobbs: Toward an End to Copyright Confusion
A professor and founder of the Media Education Lab reports on a new resource designed to help educators gain confidence in fair use of copyrighted materials in order to strengthen media literacy education.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.11/17/08
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Brad Lewis
Lewis & Richardson: Service-Learning and Social Media
Program officers from Learn and Serve America at the Corporation for National and Community Service discuss their use of social media tools to expand the reach of service-learning. They react to the new study on games and civics released in September.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 J.
“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.11/10/08
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Douglas Thomas
Douglas Thomas: Keeping It Real
The USC Network Culture Project’s Doug Thomas explains how persistence in virtual worlds narrows the gap between the “real” and the “virtual,” yielding an environment where imagination can be more readily translated into action11/10/08
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Milton Chen
Milton Chen & Ken Ellis: Multimedia Portraits of Digital Youth
The George Lucas Educational Foundation describes their upcoming work to create video portraits that examine how young people are using digital media for learning, socializing, and entertainment.11/06/08
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Eszter Hargittai
Eszter Hargittai: Best Practices for Skill Development
A professor and internet researcher concludes our series on the Civic Learning Online Workshop by reflecting on how we ensure all youth have equal access to relevant online skills. She outlines possible approaches and key questions for spreading internet know-how.11/04/08
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Peter Levine
Peter Levine: New Policies for Civic and Community Media
The director of CIRCLE argues that youth media production could be considered a valuable form of service to the community. This continues our series of reflections on a workshop held by the Civic Learning Online Project.11/03/08
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Joseph Kahne
