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Holy Budget BALANCE Batman! Open Source Gotham Game

February 20, 2009 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

Feb. 20, 2009 Carping about your local officials? Don’t like the decisions being made? Still a student and can’t vote yet? Here’s a little micro-level peek into what the feds are dealing with on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amanda Hickman, American Public Media, Balance, Budget Hero, debt, deficit, economics, fiscal fitness, fix the budget, G4C, Games for Change, gaming, Gotham Gazette, Knight Ridder, News Challenge, open source games, serious-games, social issue games

Kids@Play: Elf Island Unlocks the Secret to Parent Approval

January 12, 2009 by Amy Jussel 8 Comments

I was AWOL at CES as my IBM went MIA. Translated? You're SOL (simply outta luck) if you're seeking a fresh thread on the big Consumer Electronics Show toys and tactics targeting kids at the Kids at … [Read more...]

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Treat Suneet By Voting for Dream Village TODAY At IdeaBlob!

October 31, 2008 by Amy Jussel 15 Comments

Crowdsourcing has become quite the ‘thang’ with ideas percolating all over the globe on how to create healthier worldviews for kids online, offline, and bridging both worlds in between! … [Read more...]

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Avatar Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu ·

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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Avatar Sam Wineburg @samwineburg ·

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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