May 31st, 2007
ThinkeringSpaces: Why is tinkering a useful way to learn?

May 31st, 2007
ThinkeringSpaces: A New Idea for Libraries: MacArthur Awards Institute of Design at IIT Grant to Rethink Libraries

May 29th, 2007
The Future of Institutions: How (if at all) should institutions change as a result of digital media?
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April 10th, 2007
The Unlimited Frontiers: In Howard Gardner’s final post, he explores how the American Context shapes the affects of digital media.
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April 2nd, 2007
AERA Reception Hosted by MacArthur: If you’re in Chicago next week, we’re hosting a reception at the AERA conference, which will bring together education professionals from around the world.

January 12th, 2007
Larry Johnson:  Who’s Listening to the Avatars?: Recent online conversations revealed a great disparity of perceptions on questions of identity, credibility, and civic engagement between those who have spent time in virtual worlds, and those who haven’t.  Is it right to reject…
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December 15th, 2006
Susannah Stern: Girls Gone Wild? I don’t think so…: It’s easier to deride girls for being superficial and imprudent than to recognize that, online, girls are practicing how to be part of our culture.
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December 14th, 2006
danah boyd: net neutrality is critical for youth participation: Net neutrality is not just a geek thing; it’s a generation thing.  If we want to build a world where youth have a voice online, we have to keep the net neutral. 

December 13th, 2006
Rebekah Willett: Commodified Identities?: Is Google’s purchase of YouTube and similarly Murdoch’s purchase of MySpace an issue for research on online identity?

December 13th, 2006
Angela Booker: Participation = Power?: Institutions may be of paramount significance to understanding links between commodification, access, and engagement.

December 12th, 2006
Shelley Goldman: intentional environments—good for youth?: Youth who want to change the world can use some help. It’s not all self-discovery and anarchy out there and some pedagogies really are helping youth make a difference.

December 12th, 2006
Sandra Weber thinks that ‘public’ is young people’s new ‘private.’: Young people often realize that their blogs and homepages are public and accessible. This doesn’t bother them because they trust that only their peers are interested enough to view them. Adults are supposed to know…
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December 12th, 2006
This week’s theme: identity in digital media: We’ll be spotlighting voices drawn from the MacArthur Series online dialogs on identity conducted this fall.
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December 11th, 2006
David Buckingham: Considering Identity: The editor of the MacArthur Series volume on Identity breaks down some of the core questions his group is tackling.
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November 14th, 2006
Raiford Guins: User Generated Content?: Race & ethnicity online aren’t magically freed of biases, prejudices, or power relations. [Part I of II]
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November 14th, 2006
Dara N. Byrne: lurking on a racially dedicated social networking site: On the “territorial impulse,” participation growth, and the need for further study…
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November 13th, 2006
Anna Everett: considering race and ethnicity in digital media: This brief overview of the topic hits on the changing role of visual imagery, identity politics, and how an alternative to censorship might be the deployment of media literacy skills.
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October 20th, 2006
danah boyd: coverage from MacArthur’s launch of the Digital Media and Learning Initiative: Yesterday i had the fortune to participate in the launch so that i could bringing you, our dear new readers, some sense of what took place.  First an overview, and then i want to dive…
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