August 2010 Archives

Interview: danah boyd
By: Christine Newkirk
Published: August 30, 2010
danah boyd is the co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society's Youth and Media Policy Working Group and examines everyday practices involving social media, with specific attention to youth participation.

Book Review: Drop That Knowledge
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: August 30, 2010
A review of Elisabeth Soep & Vivian Chavez’s Drop That Knowledge: Youth radio stories.

Information Quality, Youth, and Media: A Research Update
By: Urs Gasser, Sandra Cortesi, Momin Malik, and Ashley Lee
Published: August 30, 2010
This article, from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Youth and Media Policy Working Group Initiative, discusses a new literature review in the making, where one of the goals is to understand how the challenges that youth face are modulated by variables such as immersion in digital media, access, and cognitive development.

Interview: Henry Jenkins
By: Christine Newkirk
Published: August 30, 2010
Henry Jenkins is the principal investigator for Project New Media Literacies and the author of 13 books on various aspects of media, digital media and pop culture.

Global Kids uCreate Project: Extending Collaborative Learning to Incarcerated Youth in Two Cities
By: Barry Joseph, in partnership with Kelly Czarnecki
Published: August 30, 2010
This article describes a pilot project that linked youth detention centers with community libraries in two cities, to work specifically with incarcerated youth and new learning technologies.

When You Can’t Bring Your Classroom to the World, Bring the World into Your Classroom
By: Jennifer D. Klein
Published: August 30, 2010
For educators aiming to teach global perspectives, we teach students in the U.S. and the West Bank to use current e-technologies so they can easily craft and share their personal stories, whether through iMovie, blogging, online discussion boards, or some other tech-based means of communication, stressing the importance of individual experience and storytelling.

A Web 2.0 Toolkit for Educators
By: Sara Panag
Published: August 30, 2010
If you are looking to integrate Web 2.0 tools within after-school programs, youth media projects or in the classroom, you will find the following technology useful.

Youth Connected: Technology and Journalism Shape World Views
By: Tatum Taylor, with contributions from Nathalie Applewhite
Published: August 30, 2010
Creating an appetite for quality international news among the next generation is critical to fostering a healthy media landscape in the future.

Letter from the Guest Editor
By: Demetrio Maguigad
Published: August 30, 2010
Demetrio Maguigad, New Media Manager at the Community Media Workshop.

For Immediate Hire: Job Opening with Wide Angle | Program Manager
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: August 5, 2010
Wide Angle is looking for a dedicated, energetic, and engaged Program Manager to guide, support, and manage our youth media programs. The Program Manager will work directly with students and staff and be a leader in the organization. Our core...

Youth Media Project Program and Education Director
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: August 4, 2010
Youth Media Project (YMP) Program and Education Director oversees programming, including the Audio Revolution! radio production team and educational programs. Applicant should be proficient in the teaching of: media literacy, interviewing, researching, audio recording, digital and social media skills,...