Rafi Santo, Online Leadership Program Associate - Virtual Community Manager
Global Kids, Inc.
http://www.GlobalKids.org
http://www.HolyMeatballs.org
Three Expertise Keywords:
Civic-engagement, Virtual-Worlds, youth-voices
Why Digital Media and Learning?
I believe strongly that the dominant methods of formal education conducted in this country as well as globally are insufficient for the bright and creative youth that are the next generation, and I see great potential within the current applications and developments in the world of digital media as a place where a pedagogical revolution can start.
Recent Posts:
- Rafi Santo: Digital Youth discuss the Digital World (September 4, 2007)
Description of Current Work:
Global Kids is a New York-based organization that provides a range of international education and leadership development programs in 21 public high schools and myriad online venues. Its MacArthur-funded work is leveraging after school programs, online dialogues, contests, machinima, and virtual worlds to bring attention to voices of youth on the role of digital media in their lives.
You can read more about this work at the Holy Meatballs of Divine Spongiform (http://holymeatballs.org)
Selected Publications/Projects/Articles/Press:
Youth Media Reporter:
Engaging Youth with a New Medium: The Potentials of Virtual Worlds
http://tinyurl.com/245kr2
Report on FOCUS: Teen Voices on Digital Media and Society. By Shelley Pasnik
http://tinyurl.com/3xz4mn
