The economic divide correlates to the haves and have nots. In the immigrant point an n education system is being set up that has a very narrow educational focus. Reading and writing are going to the waist side. Bill Gates…
Monthly Archives: December 2009
“Practicing at Home: Computers, Pianos, and Cultural Capital, ”
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The economic divide correlates to the haves and have nots. In the immigrant point an n education system is being set up that has a very narrow educational focus. Reading and writing are going to the waist side. Bill Gates…
“Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media,” by Carrie James
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The new digital media are a frontier rich with opportunities and risks, particularly for young people. Through digital technologies, young people are participating in a range of activities, including social networking, blogging, vlogging, gaming, instant messaging, downloading music and other…
Artifact Star Wars
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Think critically about the role of media in your own life and environment. In my life, media has ruled every aspect of my life. From my addiction to pong to the splendid graphics in Nintendo’s Contra, in the span of…
Scouting Report
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Think critically about the role of media in your own life and environment. In my life, media has ruled every aspect of my life. From my addiction to pong to the splendid graphics in Nintendo’s Contra, in the span of…
Scouting Report
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Think critically about the role of media in your own life and environment. In my life, media has ruled every aspect of my life. From my addiction to pong to the splendid graphics in Nintendo’s Contra, in the span of…
Prensky Digital Immigrant
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My family are dominated constantly by fantasy football One of the few phenomema on the Web that people are willing to pay for consistently, fantasy sports, where people trade players and manage teams in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, or (in…
Danah boyd, Interacting with unfamiliar others Learning society’s rules
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statess that the Public plays a crucial role in the development of individuals. Society’s norms and rules only provide the collectively imagined boundaries. Experienced IMers often have several of these conversations, in separate windows going at once, and there can…
Female Gamer Blog Link
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I know that some of you wanted the link for that blog about the top ten things that female gamers hear on Xbox Live that I linked everyone to during the online class chat a few weeks ago. Here you…
Making L33t Conections Online: r u a n00b or r u l33t?
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R yuo a l33t h4x0r? Can j00 pwn n00bs? “1|=\| 0u |{4N r34|) t|-|15t|-|3N\| 0u i5 t3|-| |_337” (Blashki 81). If the preceding puzzles the reader, I can understand. My first encounter with l33t—a shortened form of elite, alternately written 1337,…