On 22 September 2010, the wallet of Tyler Clementi - a gay freshman at Rutgers University - was found on the George Washington Bridge; his body was found in the Hudson River...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityDigital Citizenship
Brazil: Kids Using Digital Media to Teach Each Other, Change Culture
Last year, Rio de Janeiro saw the birth of a new type of battle in the streets of the favelas: the "Small Step Battle.” In this battle, hundreds of kids and teenagers...
Category: Digital CitizenshipeBooks, Writing, and Ownership
One of the great promises of the internet is that it allows for writing to be distributed outside of the restrictions imposed by traditional publications. On the internet there is no scarcity...
Category: Digital CitizenshipBryan Alexander: Emerging Learning Technologies
I knew Bryan Alexander was intense when I first spotted him in the audience at a talk I gave in the late 1990s. Just look at him. Old Testament prophet? Civil War...
Category: Digital CitizenshipWhat Schools are Really Blocking When They Block Social Media
The debates about schools and social media are a subject of great public and policy interests. In reality, the debate has been shaped by one key fact: the almost universal decision by...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquitySocial Reading and the Foundations of Digital Literacy
Not long ago, I was on an airplane waiting for takeoff. Due to the completely reasonable FAA restrictions on using electronic devices, I was reading the print version of a magazine while...
Category: Digital CitizenshipInternet Research & Ethics: The Case of the London Riots Analysis
In the summer of 2011, London erupted in flames. Now, it's not the first time the city has burned; it's had a rich history of conflagration within its walls and revolt in...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, ResearchRecommended Resources: Mobile Learning, Digital Activism, Multitasking
Professor of urban planning, Amy Hillier, recently spoke at TEDxPhilly to talk about how data visualization technology can map a city’s emotions and memories. Geographic Information System (G.I.S.) technology has become more...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EdtechBasta! Telling Stories About Occupy Wall Street
Media activists Marisa Jahn and Julian Rubinstein recently joined us at the Center for Civic Media for our weekly Civic Media Lunch series. Marisa is the new director of the People’s Production...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipForgotten Places: How Digital Media Can Help Support Small, Rural Communities
Sean McCarthy is a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at the University of Texas, Austin, in the Digital Literacies and Literatures concentration. His dissertation explores the intersection between community literacy...
Category: Digital CitizenshipFour Difficult Questions Regarding Bullying and Youth Suicide
Over the last couple of years, I've laid awake at night asking myself uncomfortable questions about bullying and teen suicide. I don't have answers to most of the questions that I have,...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityAdolescent Identity Formation in a Digital Age
Katie Davis is a Project Manager at Harvard Project Zero, where she works with Dr. Howard Gardner in examining the role that digital media technologies play in the lives of adolescents. Her...
Category: Digital CitizenshipDigital Literacy: Search Algorithms are Mechanical Turks
One of the most pervasive features of computing culture are algorithms, the sets of processes or instructions contained in computer code that determine how a particular task will be completed. While algorithms...
Category: Digital Citizenship#Occupy and Digital Media in Latin America: Observations
Young people from many countries in Latin America have organized themselves and occupied public places just like their counterparts around the globe. While some protesters are still camped, others are not. In...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipRecommended Resources: Digital Citizenship, New Media Literacies, Games and Learning
Our Space: Being a Responsible Citizen of the Digital World is nearly 500 pages of workshops and lessons plans dedicated to teaching youth ethics for a digital age. Produced through a unique...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Edtech
