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Digital Natives/Digital Dossiers [video]
Your digital dossier is made up of all the digital tracks you leave behind - from your photos on Flickr, to the Facebook messages you send, to all the data your credit card company collects about your transactions. On a daily basis, digital natives are consistently leaving information about themselves in secure or non-secure databases. You probably do this without a second thought in you day-to-day life - but have you ever considered the amount of information being collected about you, or the extent to which this information spreads?\nIn this video, created by Kanupriya Tewari, we explore this issue from the perspective of a child born today - Andy - and the timeline of all the digital files he accumulates in a life span.
Digital Natives: StudyBuddy [David Kosslyn Interview - part 1]
David Kosslyn and two other students are in the process of developing StudyBuddy - an online academic social networking site that allows students to form study groups with others taking courses in the same subject areas, both on/off the same campus.
Obama Works: Online Youth Activism Breeds Local Change [Video]
<b>Obama Works</b> is an independent grassroots organization that helps Obama supporters in neighborhoods across the country to organize community service events. The group was founded in early 2008 by a group of Yale students who were inspired by Barack Obama and felt that the energy surrounding his campaign could be channeled to do more than generate votes.
Keeping 'digital natives' from getting restless
A pair of Harvard University researchers have stalked a new animal - the "digital native" - in its element, tracing its migration from colleges to the cubicles and corner offices of local tech companies.
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Natives are good multi-taskers, who are savvy with social networks and other Internet technology and work well in non-hierarchical teams, Palfrey said.
Those qualities can appear as both pros and cons for employers. While digital natives’ different expectations can lead to arguments with older bosses in hierarchical organizations, Palfrey suggested figuring out what those young workers are good at and then harnessing their good qualities.
Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies | Berkman Center
Discussion of the MySpace Internet Safety Task Force findings. Research was led by the Berkman Research Group at Harvard to assess access to unwanted content online and risks. Included input from a group of 30 advisors in academia, law enforcement and the technology industry.
Digital Natives »The Ballad of Zack McCune (Part III)
In April of last year, Zack McCune was sued by the RIAA. He ended up $3,000 lighter (he settled), but with a much richer understanding of the contemporary debate surrounding music, copyright law, and file sharing. Part I gives an intro to his story, while Part II explores the disconnect between young downloaders and the recording industry. Part III, presented here, concludes Zack’s misadventure and examines where it led him: to the Free Culture Movement, which advocates more flexible intellectual property law.
Digital Natives » The Ballad of Zack McCune, Part 2 [Video]
<b>Second installment of a three-part video “The Ballad of Zack McCune” from Berkman Center for Internet & Society.</b> <br>What do you do when you’re sued by the recording industry? And how do kids and teens reconcile the law (and corporate interests) with a culture of illegal downloading? Last year, Brown University student Zack McCune was faced with both of these questions.
Digital Natives » The Ballad of Zack McCune, Part 1 [Video]
<b>First installment of a three-part video “The Ballad of Zack McCune.” </B>from Berkman Center for Internet & Society. <br>Zack McCune’s story — how he got sued by the Recording Industry Association of America and what happened as a result.
Teens, Online Stranger Contact and Cyberbullying [Pew Research]
Presented as part of the April 30, 2008 meeting of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force. The speaker is Amanda Lenhart of the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
How I Learned to Type
“How I Learned to Type,” was created by Diana Kimball and Sarah Zhang of the Digital Natives team. It takes a glance into how people of different ages learned one of the first skills every digital inhabitant needs – typing. Do you “peck” with two fingers, type in multiple languages at once, or have a typing teacher with a wooden leg? The people in “How I Learned to Type” do all this and more. Digital technology has become so ingrained in our lives that for digital natives, learning to type has become a ubiquitous experience, as memorable, say, as learning to read or ride a bike.
MySpace & Facebook Phenomena: How Youth Engage with Networked Publics
<b>MySpace and Facebook Phenomena: How Youth Engage with Networked Publics </b><br>Anthropologist of the online community Danah Boyd discusses ways young people use social network sites to connect with their friends and present themselves online.
Teens Online: Stranger Contact and Cyberbullying
This short lecture was presented as part of the April 30, 2008 meeting of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force in Washington, DC. The speaker is Amanda Lenhart of the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Digital Natives: The Way We Remember Now
Interesting perspective from a Berkman researcher on how our "memories" of events an are changing with use of the Internet and collaborative participation. Even rote memory of significant dates in History has changed because digital natives know they can find the info on the Internet so easily. Would be an interesting discussion to have with high school students.
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Digital Natives are unconcerned with remembering events and data because they can usually find the information they need online. My own experience indicates this is true. Take, for example, the act of remembering the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. In a pre-internet age, a young person might have felt compelled to memorize its approximate date, the circumstances that led to its collapse, and, just maybe, the fact that someone named Edward Gibbon wrote a giant book about it. A Digital Native, on the other hand, can say, “I’ll look it up later on Wikipedia,” and leave it at that
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This nonchalance towards remembering facts applies to experiences as well. For Digital Natives, a party, rock concert, or political rally is no longer a prized moment shared with a select few, no longer an ephemeral event that will live on only if attendees choose to remember it. Before a concert has even begun, before tickets are even available, a Digital Native can network with other fans, buy merchandise at the band’s website, or download tracks that will be played live on stage. If a Digital Native can’t make it to a political rally, he or she need only follow the event’s twitter feed. And if the Digital Native can’t remember what, exactly, he or she did last night, no matter – it’s all been recorded in a friend’s Facebook photo album for the entire school to see. In Balsamo’s view, the Internet has become a prosthetic memory; as Digital Natives rely on it, their own capacity for recall only grows weaker.
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9 Myths about Digital Natives [Berkman Center]
John Palfrey & Urs Gasser [Berkman Center] identify 9 myths about Digital Natives and offer succinct interpretations based on research and observations of youth. Educators involved in digital citizenship efforts may find a shift in thinking is necessary in how we educate students about issues related to online safety, copyright, privacy etc....where their confusions are and what they do/don't understand. It's also important to understand the significance of social groups and online communities on our youth and how they motivate development of friendship-driven and interest-driven content.
Danah Boyd on MyFriends, MySpace [Video talk]
Danah Boyd participated in the Berkman Luncheon Series [Harvard] to discuss her work and research in the area of social networks. She provided a great historical context to the various sites that have come and gone from the center of Internet activity, as well as some insight into what brought about their successes and failures.\n\nPrior to her presentation she explained, "Publics offer youth a space to engage in cultural identity development. By engaging in public life, youth learn to interpret the cultural signals that surround them and incorporate these cultural elements into their life. For a diverse array of reasons, contemporary youth have limited access to the types of publics with which most adults grew up. As a substitute for these inaccessible publics, networked publics like MySpace and Facebook are emerging to provide contemporary American youth with a necessary site for peer engagement."
Harvard elevates Berkman Center study of technology and society
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, originally established as a research center at Harvard Law School, has been elevated to a University-wide, interfaculty initiative: the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. This transition enhances the University’s capacity for interdisciplinary exploration of issues involving information technology.
Just The Facts: Online Youth Victimization
Blog from Danah Boyd. Last week, she and three other social scientists participated in an Internet Caucus panel in DC. David Finkelhor (Director of Crimes Against Children Research Center), Amanda Lenhart (PEW), and Michele Ybarra (President of Internet Solutions for Kids) all presented quantitative data. Most of the press coverage of Michele and David's work has been terrible in representing the implications of their findings and they helped clarify some of the misinterpretations. The Internet Caucus put the video up online so you can view the actual conversation. <br><br>Personal note: David Finkelhor has a great document that helps clarify interpretations of his work. He coaches you on what to say. You can download <a href = "http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/internet-crimes/Internet Factsheet_portrait version_2-6-08_khf.pdf">INTERNET SAFETY EDUCATION FOR TEENS: GETTING IT RIGHT</a> and use it for your next presentation! <br> <br>
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