Sept. 21, 2009: United Nations International Day of Peace. (Not that you could tell from the Google icon which is marking HGWells' bday, ahem.) Ways for kids to 'imagine all the people...?' … [Read more...]
Social Media ABC’s: An International Opportunity
June 23, 2009 by 9 Comments
June 23, 2009 Changeblogger and informal learning pro Jasmin Tragas, (also one of my fellow NextNow Collaboratory global gal pals and co-contributors to the Age of Conversation Gavin Heaton and Drew … [Read more...]
Part One: Shaping Youth Interviews Racialicious on Pop Culture Cues
August 28, 2007 by 8 Comments
Racism is a loaded term that sends politically correct media outlets running for cover and well-meaning pundits into shaky quaky territory. It’s no wonder that kids themselves can get … [Read more...]
Spider-Man 3: Web of Influence In Kid-Culture
May 7, 2007 by 3 Comments
There are plenty of spins on the Spider-Man 3 record-breaking $382 million worldwide “priciest movie ever made" buzz...so I’m going to take a deconstructionist view about summer box … [Read more...]
Youth Culture Clash: When Parody Strikes & Adults Freeze
May 1, 2007 by 2 Comments
Keeping my finger on ‘whassup’ in youth culture can lead to ‘life’s most embarrassing moments’ in a keystroke. Case in point? I stay apprised with what’s … [Read more...]
Web 2.0’s Fun Forward: “The Machine is Us!”
March 16, 2007 by 4 Comments
Ever try to explain the phrase Web 2.0 in a digital sound bite? This brilliantly fun little 4-minute video from professor Michael Wesch of Kansas State University does the trick. This digital ditty … [Read more...]
Food For Thought: Media to Digest for Healthier Kids
March 7, 2007 by 8 Comments
March is National Nutrition Month, so Shaping Youth is adding to the ADA's Eat Right web resources with some fun and worthy positive picks in food media to share with your kids, boost their media … [Read more...]
Wrigley Field Now Sounds Like a Deodorant
February 15, 2007 by Leave a Comment
There's "ad creep" in the outfield. Under Armour logos will now blare through the historic ivy-covered walls of venerable Wrigley Field. Hard to imagine the two doors in left and right field … [Read more...]
7 clues to a New Year’s riddle for the 7th year of 2000
January 1, 2007 by Leave a Comment
This landed in my e-mail from some pals of mine, and it seems worthy to toss out there to get kids thinking along these lines and open up some dialogue. Yes, I’m being ambiguous on purpose so I … [Read more...]
