April 3, 2010 While media reports often churn out attention-getting stereotypes of spring break scenes of rowdy youth antics under the auspices of ‘what sells,’ to feed the money machine, we all too … [Read more...]
CyberBullying Tragedies and Internet Safety: eModeration Part3
December 3, 2009 by 13 Comments
Dec. 3, 2009 Just visited the excellent Connect Safely forum to pose the industry question, is there ANYthing that digital moderators or online advocates could’ve done in the child safety realm to … [Read more...]
Shaping Youth At Ypulse 2009: Send In Your Priorities
May 1, 2009 by 16 Comments
May 1, 2009 Much like the scene in the new Disneynature Earth documentary where the lions and the elephants are drinking from the same watering hole, Shaping Youth has been invited to share space … [Read more...]
Dream It. Do It. Youth Grants For Social Change in Virtual Worlds
October 30, 2008 by 12 Comments
PDiddy-Puff Daddy-Diddy dude step aside, as THIS is the kind of D.I.D.I. initiative that I want to see out there!!! D.I.D.I. stands for Dream It. Do It…An Ashoka Youth Venture effort with … [Read more...]
Blog Action Day: Overcoming Poverty With Global Water
October 15, 2008 by 10 Comments
It’s been a hairy day of stressful mayhem, as I slid in my socks on the linoleum floor of digital deadlines to file my grant app for the MacArthur Foundation Digital Media Learning Competition … [Read more...]
150 Kids’ Virtual Worlds: 95 Live, 68 in R&D; How Many Are Worthy?
September 2, 2008 by 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 … [Read more...]
