[dmi] Big Thanks to FOCUS Content Contributors
As we near the last week of our online dialogues, FOCUS: Teen Voices on Digital Media and Society, we want to extend a big thank you to all of Global Kids' fellow MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Grantees that sent in topics and questions to be incorporated into the dialogues.
In specific, thank you Danah Boyd, David Williamson Shafer, Joseph Kahne and the entire team at the Good Work Project at Harvard.
Areas included how teens relate (or don't) to civic and political life online, their usage of online participatory mediums like wikis, their relationship to social networking sites and ethical choices that they makes in regards to situations they encounter online.
The project is meant to support these academics, educators and practitioners that are taking a deep look at how digital media is used and how it affects the lives and learning of young people today. We've been amazed at how articulate, intelligent and varied the opinions in the teen discussions have been. To read what these teens have to say, you can check out the ongoing FOCUS dialogues.
