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many teens are hyper-motivated to learn a special skill like how to create a podcast, direct a YouTube video, publish an anime site, or hack an iPhone.
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Now if only teachers could inspire such ingenuity.
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kids have long been attracted to extracurricular activities like dance or sports. But researchers say digital media is bringing up a new generation who are creators of media rather than just passive consumers of it. Within these digital environments among peers, kids who create and evaluate media are deriving a sense of competence, autonomy, self-determination and connectedness,
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"The question becomes what is the role of school in this larger environment,"
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kids are drawn to create media online because their work can be immediately recognized or judged among their peer group or a larger audience
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Part of this is happening because American families have shifted from a television culture in the living room to a bedroom culture, in which many kids have television or a computer in their room. Another reason is that teens go online to hang out with friends because they don't have a place to go offline
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28 Apr 08
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PALO ALTO, Calif.--Among the generation of kids growing up wired, many teens are hyper-motivated to learn a special skill like how to create a podcast, direct a YouTube video, publish an anime site, or hack an iPhone.
Now if only teachers could inspire such ingenuity.
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26 Apr 08
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Jennifer Maddrell"Kids associate one word with school--'boring,'" Gary
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Dennis OConnorPALO ALTO, Calif.--Among the generation of kids growing up wired, many teens are hyper-motivated to learn a special skill like how to create a podcast, direct a YouTube video, publish an anime site, or hack an iPhone.
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25 Apr 08
Gary McFarlane"Kids associate one word with school--'boring,'" Gary
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