Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming Archives - Page 34 of 46

150 Kids’ Virtual Worlds: 95 Live, 68 in R&D; How Many Are Worthy?

September 2, 2008 by Amy Jussel 16 Comments

Seems everyone is in L.A. for the Virtual Worlds Expo except me right now, with e-mails and schmooze plans flinging back and forth like a gamer leader board. No, gang, I can’t make it to dinner, but yes, I DO wish someone would crosspost some of these fly-on-the-wall conversations on Utterz as I’m sure key connections will transpire and I want to track anyone … [Read more...]

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GovTweets: A Snapshot of Election Dialogue

August 31, 2008 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Not that a ton of teens are tweeting on Twitter just yet, but if helpful hacks like GovTweets take hold, the PoliSci exam cram kids will be au courant in a micro-second with these little info capsules! Created by Canadian political analyst Stephen Taylor, it’s a cool ‘day in the life’ of media mindshare in our ongoing Age of Conversation. He's made it so … [Read more...]

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Amy Jussel On Kids’ Media Management and Childhood Matters

August 24, 2008 by Amy Jussel 14 Comments

Why ‘Amy Jussel’ instead of ‘Shaping Youth’ in the headline today? Because this time it’s personal…That’s mama code for ‘don’t do as I do, do as I say’ on the media management front from my own tween experience regarding familial cellphone contracts, texting and mobile media. I was on the radio with talk show host Nurse Rona Renner (podcast to be archived here) who runs … [Read more...]

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MultiTasking for Studious Souls: Flashcards, Mobile, & More

August 7, 2008 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

If e-mail and IM is giving way to mobile minutes and 'texting teens' in your house (er, maybe just mine!) take heart, there are a gazillion NEW mobile uses and start-ups that are watch-worthy. As this article in Read-Write-Web conveys, and my own mobile media moments gleaned from the Ypulse mashup ascribe, there's so much shifting to mobile focus it's hard to keep up. … [Read more...]

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Stanford Goes “Open Source” With Education Research

July 22, 2008 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

Woohoo! Stanford University's education school faculty unanimously voted to open up their hallowed halls to minions like me who are always sniffing around trying to glean the latest and greatest research content on a variety of subjects impacting youth! Research is pricey, no matter how you carve up the pie, whether it comes from the new YPulse Research division, … [Read more...]