August 19, 2010 Today is World Humanitarian Day and I definitely needed this inspiring humanitarian video to gain some perspective on humanity. (fab 4 mins after the jump, and a how-to disable vid on … [Read more...]
Noah! Welcome to the Digital World, Baby! (PBS Early Learning)
June 16, 2010 by 5 Comments
June 16, 2010 Personal post today to welcome (in over 325 languages) Shaping Youth advisory board member Dr. Robyn Silverman’s new son into the world of global digital citizenship. Born: Mr. Noah … [Read more...]
Age of Conversation & Kids: Digital Citizens v Snark Tanks
May 26, 2010 by 8 Comments
May 26, 2010 When I mention social media being part of kids’ identity, parents often cringe and squinch up their faces like I’ve force fed them BeanBoozled Jelly Bellies in pickle and ‘rotten egg’ … [Read more...]
CoLABoratory of Creativity: Program for the Future 2010
March 1, 2010 by 3 Comments
March 1, 2010 Once upon a time, I spent 25+ years as a creative director at virtual agency: Copy/Concepts. Collaboration came very naturally to me, as we all divvied up our specialty areas and … [Read more...]
Addiction Series Part 3: Media, Medicos, & Critical Thinking
January 15, 2010 by 12 Comments
Jan. 15, 2009 Thought I’d wrap up Part Three in this series on digital addiction vs. agency (part one and part two here) with some humorous insights from the medical community that poke fun at some … [Read more...]
Green Toys and Fun Finds With Big Kid Appeal: Ten Under $10 Pt. 2
December 22, 2009 by 4 Comments
Dec. 23, 2009 Shhhhhh...I'm snagging one of the new "Smencils" that just arrived today 'cause I figure 'less is more' and 'variety is the spice' when it comes to stocking stuffers...She doesn't need a … [Read more...]
MyVetwork: Connecting The Digital Dots For Veterans Globally
November 11, 2009 by 9 Comments
Nov. 11, 2009 With the outpouring of sadness regarding Fort Hood, the scary statistics surfacing on PTSD and women soliders under 'friendly fire' from missles of a different kind, and … [Read more...]
Flash Animation & Viral KidVid? Give Pause
November 3, 2009 by 1 Comment
Nov. 3, 2009 Here's a marketing campaign kids LOVE (me too!) No secret I’m a huge Fido fan…Flash animation? Not so much. It often freezes my Firefox and fouls up the works more often than not on … [Read more...]
Josh in a Box: Helpful Advice For Parents of Teens!
October 21, 2009 by 7 Comments
Oct. 21, 2009 What if I told you a few of my favorite advice slingers and youth analysis pros aren’t even parents at all? There’s Anastasia Goodstein of Ypulse speaking from the GenX pulpit (ok, … [Read more...]
Health2.0: Hunting Cryptic Cryptids in Cryptozoo!
October 8, 2009 by 7 Comments
Oct. 8, 2009 As we observe October as health month in multiple media iterations of kids' mental and physical well-being, it's fitting that I've been away covering the excitement at Health2.0 this … [Read more...]
What I Learned From Maya Angelou’s Mark Twain Media Moment
October 4, 2009 by 2 Comments
May 28, 2014 Update Sadly, this time it is true. Dr. Maya Angelou has died at age 86. Original Post: Oct. 4 2009 "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" is a Mark Twain classic, which … [Read more...]
Storybird Kids Online Book Community Hatches Creative Fledglings
September 10, 2009 by 15 Comments
Update 11-19-2014: Storybird Studio (Q&A here) launches for educators today, as a "suite of easy-to-use creative, administrative, and social tools for writing, reading, and storytelling" … [Read more...]
REVERB Rocks The Eco-Concert Scene: Green Teens?
August 3, 2009 by 13 Comments
Update: April 20, 2012 With Outlands SF tickets going on sale yesterday and Earth Day on Sunday, it's the perfect time to 'show and tell' why concerts are the perfect venue to teach stewardship of the … [Read more...]
Privo Privacy Vault: How Safe is Kids Digital Data? Part 2
July 14, 2009 by 4 Comments
July 14, 2009 Yesterday in my Part One preamble to the interview with Privo executives, I tried to give an overview of how 'kids online safety' is more than 'balancing safety and fun' it's politics, … [Read more...]
Grown Up Digital: Don Tapscott’s Latest On ‘Generation Net’
June 15, 2009 by 3 Comments
June 15, 2009 “A revolution doesn’t happen in society when you adopt new tools, a revolution in society happens when you adopt new behaviors.” That digital premise opens up the debate for the 21st … [Read more...]
Doug Engelbart Supports Shaping Youth By Offering Digital History
March 12, 2009 by 11 Comments
Jan. 30, 2014 Thinking pensively about the late, great Doug Engelbart on this birthday today, as he would've been 89. Let's celebrate his spirit by raising the collective knowledge for … [Read more...]
Top 20 Youth Marketing Bloggers: Shaping Youth Is One of ‘Em!
December 3, 2008 by 4 Comments
Just when you thought I’d stay on topic and wrap up our ‘All Things Girl’ week I’m zinging one more post in a different direction (humor me, it’s the holidays, time to … [Read more...]
Young Innovators: Get Out of the Garage and Into the Marketplace!
September 5, 2008 by 9 Comments
Calling all social media wünderkind, changebloggers, and humanitarian twitterati and digerati of the millennial set (yes, this means you, Alex Steed) there’s ‘gold in them thar’ … [Read more...]
Pop Culture on Parade: JibJab’s Hilarious Manic Media Montage
Jan.2, 2010 My head is still spinning (no, not from ‘The Hangover’ post)... My brain is simply trying to catch up with my eyeballs in this frenetic musical media montage which salutes the past year … [Read more...]