December 26th, 2006
Youth Discussion: the Role of Adults within Online Teen Spaces: What role should adults play, or not play, within online teen spaces? Global Kids, which works with teens both in person and online, took the question to a number of teens familiar with
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December 3rd, 2006
How are young people using digital media in surprising ways?: “What surprises you about young people’s use of digital media?” In the MacArthur open forums, we asked teachers to post their answers to this question.  Here’s a quick sampling of their responses.
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December 2nd, 2006
Justine Cassell: disparity between girls’ use and career choices: Why doesn’t girls’ use of digital media result in girls believing they are good at the use of digital media?
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November 30th, 2006
Christian Sandvig: Is A&R the new R&D?: Young programmers may be the new rock stars, if digital media allow anyone to make their own software and content.  Is it true that the next big thing on the Internet can be “scouted” and…

November 29th, 2006
Steve Anderson: Future of Digital Education Panel: How is higher education evolving to accommodate digital technologies in the classroom, changing sensibilities among students and new forms of knowledge, learning and expression? A panel discussion in Second Life takes on these questions in…

November 28th, 2006
Justine Cassell: Disempowering Girls as Users of Technology: Girls’ use of technology threatens the established social order.  That’s the real reason behind the fear of girls using social networking sites.

November 28th, 2006
Ellen Seiter: Why Santa Brings Playstation, instead of a PC: There is a gaping home technology divide in this country.  And Santa knows that one Christmas present can’t fix it, no matter how generous.
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November 28th, 2006
This week’s theme: innovative uses and unexpected outcomes: Once upon a time not so long ago, one of the largest, most active groups of innovators in technological communications weren’t scientists or corporations but everyday citizens and amateur system operators.

November 27th, 2006
Tara McPherson: How Literate Are You?: Traditional notions of literacy focus on reading and writing, but, in a digital era, full literacy means competency in a range of media.  While media literacy isnít a new concept, the term has traditionally focused on interpreting mainstream media messages.  Thatís a good first step, but we need to push toward a multimedia literacy that includes creating media.  We also need to develop curriculum to support such a definition.
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November 13th, 2006
Mimi Ito: Digital Youth are a Diverse Lot: It’s often tempting to make general claims about how “kids these days” are different because of new technology. But if you look closely at kids in different neighborhoods and homes, you will be amazed at…
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October 23rd, 2006
Mimi Ito: Do young people really take “naturally” to digital media?: Although kids’ use of the Internet and video games may seem effortless, it actually takes a lot of effort, ongoing learning, and a supportive social environment.
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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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October 18th, 2006
Mimi Ito: Learning with digital media involves more than “educational technology.”: Learning happens with digital media even if it is not explicitly educational or academic.
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