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12/17/09
Teaching New Media Literacy Can Help Youth Stay Safe Online
Spotlight talks to Anne Collier of NetFamilyNews about the myths and realities of online safety.12/17/09
Study on Youth and Information Credibility
Select findings from a new study by Andrew J. Flanagin, professor in the department of communication, and Miriam Metzger, associate professor in the department of communication, University of California, Santa Barbara.12/17/09
By Barbara Ray
Creating Skeptics: Helping Students to Judge the Credibility of Online Content
Tips from “Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility,” edited by Andrew Flanagin and Miriam Metzger, a volume in the MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning.12/17/09
By Josh Karp
Kids Are Getting Better at Judging Online Content ... in Theory
Young people have a healthy degree of skepticism about the credibility of information they find on the internet, but they may need help applying it.12/02/09
By Josh Karp
Regional Plans: College Student Creates CivicsLab.org for Pre-Teens to Build Sustainable Communities
Players confront environmental challenges and policy obstacles while fostering regional cooperation in Pennsylvania.12/02/09
Q&A: Henry Jenkins on Applying Methods of Participatory Culture to Traditional Civic Activism
Spotlight’s Heather Chaplin talks pop culture and politics with University of Southern California professor Henry Jenkins.12/02/09
By Ben Wolff
Civics Under the Sea: What Happens When Kids Dive in to WhyReef
After building a coral reef on the gaming website Whyville to teach middle school kids about fragile ecosystems, scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago decided to damage the reef with overfishing, without telling the kids. Not only did the kids notice the effect on their reef, but they started a movement in Whyville.12/02/09
Teens in Virtual Worlds Learn Civic Lessons That Are Anything But Dull
In worlds such as Whyville and Second Life, teens are becoming reporters, politicians and community organizers. And they’re taking these lessons offline, too.12/02/09
By Josh Karp
Kids Taking Real-World Issues to Virtual Court Learn How to Make Their Point - And Their Grades
OurCourts.org, founded by retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, aims to educate students about the judicial system by showing how the law relates to their lives.12/02/09
By Ben Wolff
