December 8, 2008
Lange and Ito: Literacy and Creative Production: Researchers describe new forms of media young people are making and sharing and how access to adult and peer mentors both on and offline are enhancing this work. This is part of our
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

December 4, 2008
Ito and Bittanti: Genres of Gaming Practice: How do learning outcomes of gaming differ based on the social contexts of play? Researchers discuss the diversity in game play and practice as part of our series from the authors of a…
Category: Ecology-of-Games

December 2, 2008
Heather A. Horst: Families and Media Ecology: How do parents feel about new media? How do family dynamics shape young people’s learning in and through new media at home? In her chapter on families, Heather Horst continues our discussion about…
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December 1, 2008
C.J. Pascoe: Flirting, Going Out and Breaking Up in Networked Publics: This post continues our series from the authors of a forthcoming book on youth new media practice. In the chapter on intimacy, a researcher discusses how teenagers are using…
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

November 24, 2008
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…
Category: Civic-Engagement

November 24, 2008
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…
Category: Ecology-of-Games, Identity

November 21, 2008
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.
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

November 20, 2008
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…
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

November 19, 2008
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…
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

November 18, 2008
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.
Category: Civic-Engagement, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

November 17, 2008
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
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November 13, 2008
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.
Category: Civic-Engagement, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

November 10, 2008
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. 
Category: Civic-Engagement, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Unexpected

November 10, 2008
“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.
Category: Civic-Engagement, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Unexpected

November 10, 2008
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 action
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November 10, 2008
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.
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November 6, 2008
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…
Category: Civic-Engagement

November 4, 2008
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…
Category: Civic-Engagement

November 3, 2008
Joseph Kahne: Puget Sound Off, A New Form of Civic Infrastructure: A civic engagement researcher reflects on the recent workshop held by the Civic Learning Online Project. He argues that sites like Puget Sound Off could provide an…
Category: Civic-Engagement

October 30, 2008
Kate Goddard: Digital Media and Civics: The program coordinator at the YouthLearn Initiative of the Education Development Center continues our discussion on the recent Civic Learning Online Workshop and asks how digital media can help…
Category: Civic-Engagement