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Flash Animation & Viral KidVid? Give Pause

November 3, 2009 by Amy Jussel 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...]

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The Kindness of Strangers: Social Media’s Power to Help & Heal

May 11, 2009 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

May 11, 2009 Hungarian writer Robert Zend once said, “There are too many people, and too few human beings.” I’d normally agree, but I guess media is shifting my frame of reference a tad, as this is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Bereavement, bone cancer, canine, coping skills, dogs, grief, Kids, kindness of strangers, NextNow Collaboratory, oncologist, online friendship, osteosarcoma, Pet dying, pets, social-media, veterinarians, virtual communities

Standby: Real Life Has Usurped My Digital World

January 26, 2009 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Jan. 26, 2009: I’m feeling very “First lady-ish” right now, since Michelle Obama recently described herself as "first and foremost . . . Malia and Sasha's mom." Likewise, Shaping Youth begins at … [Read more...]

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