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Agents of Influence Spy Game Educates Middle Schoolers About Misinformation

September 20, 2021 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 20, 2021 Launching on 9/21/21, autumn solstice, Agents of Influence kicks off new beginnings in edu gaming to combat misinformation. For over a year their team has stealthily brainstormed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Literacy, Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: #Tech4good, Agents of Influence, Alterea, Anahita Dalmia, edtech, Educational games, edugames, Games for Change, gaming for good, I Spy an Edu Game, informal-learning, Interactive Games, Jasper McEvoy, media-literacy, middle school edu games, Middle school misinformation modules, misinformation, Misinformation Games, storytelling through gaming, Teaching with gaming

Children’s App Reviews: Does Money Talk? Part Three

September 9, 2015 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Sept. 9, 2015 It’s been an insightful, wild ride learning about the kids app industry...from the “Inside, Out.” In Part One we talked about the imperative need for transparency and media literacy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism Tagged With: App Apes, app developers, app reviewers, Apps & Gaming .com disclosures, apps for kids, Balefire Labs, best kids apps, children's app reviews, content marketing kids apps, Digital Storytime, edtech, expedited reviews, Fingerprint, FTC disclosure law, FTC endorsement guidelines, Jill Goodman, journalism ethics, kids app review sites, Libby Curran, media bias kids apps, media conflict of interest, media influencers, media-literacy, Mobile Media, moms with apps, native ads, native advertising, Native Brain, new media journalism, Otus, paid app reviews, paid posts in kids apps, paid review sites, paid to review, paid vs unpaid app reviews, parenting digital, payola, Reading Train, sponsored content kids apps, teachers with apps, Tech with Kids

Tech with Kids: How to Assess Reviews, Find Quality Apps

June 19, 2015 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

June 19, 2015 One of the thorny questions I posed at the recent Tech with Kids Conference involved how to "review the reviewers."There are a wide array of reputable resources...Common Sense Media … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games Tagged With: #DiversityInApps, #techwkids, #WWDC2015, Apple Design Award, apps for kids, Apps for Traveling with Kids, Apps Playground, Apps reviews, best kids apps, Best Pick App, best practices apps for kids, Common Sense Media, creativity apps, don't pay for app reviews, edtech, educational apps, FTC disclosure law, future of storytelling, Gender and diversity in apps, ipad Apps for Kids, Jinny Gudmundsen, Kid Tech, kids apps, maker movement, media conflict of interest, media-literacy, Reviewing apps reviewers, STEAM apps, Summer fun apps, Tech with Kids, trusted app sites

Tech with Kids: Developing Media That Matters

June 9, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

June 9, 2015 As a diehard infovore with a “what’s behind the media curtain” critical thinking lens, I’m fascinated by the scads of kids’ conferences I can’t afford and have no time to attend, usually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming Tagged With: #techwkids, #WWDC2015, Apple Design Award, apps for kids, Apps Playground, best kids apps, best practices apps for kids, developing apps for kids, don't pay for app reviews, edtech, FTC disclosure law, Gender and diversity in apps, gender in media, gender portrayals, ipad Apps for Kids, Jinny Gudmundsen, journalism ethics, Kid Tech, kids apps, media conflict of interest, media-literacy, Metamorphabet, moms with apps, Stuart Dredge, teachers with apps, Tech with Kids, Toca Boca, Upending gender stereotypes

Youth Trailblazers Ignite Inspiration at First Ever Startup Weekend Oakland

February 16, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Feb. 16, 2014 “You know you have something special when your teen and his friend are up and ready to head in to code by 7:15 am! –Startup Weekend Oakland is changing lives”—Leah McGowen-Hare“Thanks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM Tagged With: #SWOBMA, African American males, African American stereotypes, American Promise, apps for change, Ashoka Changemakers, Ashoka Youth Ventures, Black Girls Code, black history, Black Male Achievement, black youth portrayal in media, circle of 6 app, Code or be coded, Could an app have saved Trayvon Martin, Diversity gap, edtech, Elevate Oakland, Help Circle, Hidden Genius Project, Kalimah Priforce, Kapor Center, local change agents, Oakland, positive social change, Qeyno Labs, safety apps, social justice, Startup Weekend Oakland, STEM, STEM urgency, Tech diversity gap, Trailblazers, urban youth, Van-Jones, Yes We Code

Starting From Scratch: Making STEM Easy, Kid-Friendly & Fun

June 13, 2011 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Update: July 30, 2014 Scratch Junior (scratchjr.org) was just released for the iPad today, and it's FREE. Thx @360Kid for sharing that news! Original Post June 13, 2011: I get far too geeky and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Animation, childrens media, cloud computing, digital building blocks, digital gaming, Digital Media Learning, digital storytelling, digital-natives, Doodle4Google, edtech, encouraging STEM, free-education-research, game design, How-Stuff-Works, innovation, IO brush, ISTE 2011, kids coding, kids games, kids in tech, kids-fitness, KODU, Lincoln Logs 21st century, MIT, MIT Media Lab, NSF, open source, save the planet, Science, Scratch, Scratch tutorials, Splash!, STEM, UGC, Vanished

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26 Nov

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos says his network’s friendly interview with Trump, “put in doubt the independence of our news department.”

"We cannot... offer Trump an open microphone to broadcast his falsehoods and conspiracy theories."

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16 Nov

Out today! A driver's manual for staying sane on the internet. @holden

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Avatar Amy Jussel @shapingyouth ·

16 Nov

As @jayrosen_nyu so clearly states, it's "not the odds, but the stakes"...Media and #journo can convey context without partisan pandering, clearly citing facts on autocracy objectively...@Sulliview is right, the public deserves to be informed. #NewsLiteracy #democracy

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Avatar Amy Jussel @shapingyouth ·

16 Nov

Dangerous 🆘📢to see this, given they've once AGAIN just enabled their platform to post lies claiming a rigged election when it was not! This is how democracies are overthrown with #misinformation Have media learned nothing? #Journo pay attention! WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-allows-ads-claiming-rigged-2020-election-on-facebook-instagram-309b678d?mod=e2tw

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