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*Proposed Digital Natives session*
*Proposed Digital Natives session


This session aims to explore the social implications of young people's use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies, by drawing on the findings of the Digital Natives project. Investigating young people's behaviors and attitudes towards ICTs is crucial for informing debates about the future shape of the Internet. This session will explore the main findings of the project and will try to identify future areas of research and policy intervention.
This session aims to explore the social implications of young people's use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies, by drawing on the findings of the Digital Natives project. Investigating young people's behaviors and attitudes towards ICTs is crucial for informing debates about the future shape of the Internet. This session will explore the main findings of the project and will try to identify future areas of research and policy intervention.


Broad questions that can be explored:
The question which will be explored is:
# Civic engagement, participatory culture, creativity
 
Civic engagement, participatory culture and creativity





Revision as of 20:15, 2 March 2008

  • Proposed Digital Natives session

This session aims to explore the social implications of young people's use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies, by drawing on the findings of the Digital Natives project. Investigating young people's behaviors and attitudes towards ICTs is crucial for informing debates about the future shape of the Internet. This session will explore the main findings of the project and will try to identify future areas of research and policy intervention.

The question which will be explored is:

Civic engagement, participatory culture and creativity


Speakers who could be interested in this session:

  • John Palfrey and Urs Gasser
  • GoodPlay people - Carrie James, Howard Gardner
  • MIT/NML people - Henry Jenkins
  • danah boyd
  • Sonia Livingstone, LSE
  • Mimi Ito, USC