"If I can share my work online, I get more out than I put in; then I can add even more and benefit from others' expertise," said 15-year-old Nicola from Edinburgh here at the Internet Governance Forum. Her comment sounded just like 17-year-old Canadian cinematographer Mark Klassen's and that of an Australian student marveling that her own class blog had gotten "533 visits worldwide. Amazing or … [Read more...] about Citizenship & blogging in class
Archives for September 2011
Digital citizenship reality check: Notes from Nairobi’s IGF
Asked how they'd rank "digital citizenship" on a scale of 1 to 10 – with 10 representing "very relevant and meaningful" – a youth panel from Egypt, the US, and UK ranging in age from 15 to 22 gave it a 1, two 3's, a 5, a 6, and an 8. This was in a workshop yesterday involving young people and adults representing the Internet industry, governments, and nonprofit youth organizations from Egypt, New … [Read more...] about Digital citizenship reality check: Notes from Nairobi’s IGF
How teens view ‘the drama’
I've written a lot about "the drama" at school as a context for bullying and cyberbullying, suggesting that we can help our kids build resilience and avoid trouble by helping them get a little emotional distance from it. A commentary in the New York Times by social media researchers danah boyd and Alice Marwick clarifies what teenagers themselves think of drama. First, it's not all bad. It's … [Read more...] about How teens view ‘the drama’
Expanding social discovery, Tagged-style
Usually when you hear "social discovery," someone's talking about an alternative to search engines – finding what you want with the help of your friends. It's a feature of Facebook for example. But the social network site Tagged.com, which is all about social discovery, defines it in a different, very interesting way. Instead of being about existing friends (social networks) discovering new … [Read more...] about Expanding social discovery, Tagged-style
To bring learning back into school
This is a mashup of a blog post and a retweet. I'm basically retweeting (Twitter users' term for reposting someone else's tweet because you think it's worth your own followers' attention) educator and author Will Richardson's March 2011 TEDxNYED talk in case you missed it. At about 1:30 into Will's 14-min. talk, he mentions 17-year-old professional cinematographer Mark Klassen in Ontario. Here's … [Read more...] about To bring learning back into school