Archive for the ‘Youth’ Category

Kids And The Open Web

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

This piece is a little older, but I am highlighting it as I get to know Mozilla’s Atul Varma and as I am thinking about the educational potential for Drumbeat.  On his blog, Toolness, Atul writes:

Every time I think about why I like the open web, I basically think of how well it fits with the way I learned to use and program computers as a kid: my first computer, an Atari 400, came with everything I needed to do programming, and I (or my parents) didn’t have to spend hundreds of dollars or sign an NDA to get a development tool.

Read the whole piece here.

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Image-conscious youth rein in social networking

Friday, May 28th, 2010

AP’s Martha Irvine writes:

What’s that? A young college grad lecturing her elders about online privacy?

It might go against conventional wisdom, but a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project is adding fuel to the argument that young people are fast becoming the gurus of online reputation management, especially when it comes to social networking sites.

Read the whole article here.

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