November 21st, 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.

November 20th, 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…

November 19th, 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…

November 18th, 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.

November 13th, 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.

November 10th, 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. 

November 10th, 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.

November 6th, 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…

November 4th, 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…

November 3rd, 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…

October 30th, 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…

October 29th, 2008
Howard Rheingold: Listening to Youth: Rheingold continues our discussion on the Civic Learning Online workshop held in Seattle earlier this month. He reflects on the importance of giving young people not just a voice, but a listening ear.…

October 28th, 2008
Bennett & Freelon: What Online Youth Sites Can Teach Us about Civic Learning: University of Washington researchers introduce a series on youth civic engagement and digital media. This is the first post in a series from practitioners and scholars who attended a recent workshop held by the

October 21st, 2008
Davidson & Goldberg: Digital Media and Learning Competition Update: HASTAC’s co-founders celebrate the closing of another Digital Media and Learning Competition and note the progress of projects supported under the inaugural competition.

October 9th, 2008
Recent Links in Digital Media & Learning: We’ve gathered links in digital media and learning from around the web over the past few weeks that seem worth highlighting. They include new blogs and social networking tools, interviews with gaming researchers, and cross…

October 8th, 2008
NYTimes: “Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers”: Earlier this week, the New York Times published an article on work by publishers, authors and libraries to embrace video games in order to promote books to younger readers. 

October 1st, 2008
[Reblogged] Puget Sound Off: We reblog the launch of Puget Sound Off, a website for Seattle youth that brings together civic engagement opportunities alongside social networking tools.  MacArthur grantee Lance Bennett and his group at…

September 30th, 2008
[Reblogged] danah boyd: Teens, Video Games, and Civics: We reblog a post from blogger danah boyd, continuing our series on the gaming and civics reports released earlier this month by the

September 26th, 2008
Mimi Ito: Launching the Futures of Learning Blog: Ito announces a new blog that will review innovative institutions, projects, and research in the field of new media and learning.
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September 23rd, 2008
Peter Levine: The Civic Potential of Video Games: We reblog a post by the director of CIRCLE, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University. The post continues our series on the