Youth & The Media

Youth Under 18 years old but focused on middle and high schoolers Media including forms of interpersonal communication (cell phones, email, etc.) and mass media (Books, TV, Movies, Internet, etc.)

Technology-Electronic or digital products and systems considered as a group

(dictionary.com)

Media and Technology in Youth Education

Technology in the Classroom
1920s: educational radio broadcasts in the classroom 1930s: films (silent and sound) introduced 1940s: television, greater access to film and radio 1950s: instructional TV programs increase-- some even replace teachers 1960s-70s: use of television declines 1980s: invention of the computer, adoption into classroom 1990s-Today

Teachers and Machines: The Classroom Use of Technology since 1920 (Larry Cuban). Presented by Bridget Danish and Faisal Sheikh

Current Technologies in Education

Interactive Whiteboard
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Educational Software -Learning via Computers

Grade School Programs -Online Resources Study Help Virtual Classrooms

Electronic Copyboard

Camera-Based Equipment
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Field Mouse

How Can Technology Help Students?

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Through these technologies

Knowledge webs will complement teachers, texts, libraries, and archives as sources of information; interactions in virtual communities will complement face-toQu i ckTi me a nd a face relationships in classrooms; TIFF (Un co mp res se d) de co mp res so r a re ne ed ed to se e thi s pi ctu re . experiences in synthetic environments will extend learningby-doing in real world settings; and Sensory immersion will help learners grasp reality through illusion.
(Dr. Chris Dede, New Horizons)

New or Just a New Way of Doing It?

Consider
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Online Homeschooling
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The

technologies mentioned earlier: Interactive whiteboard, copyboard, Projector, microscope, mouse

Social Networking
If youre not on MySpace, you dont exist Skyler, 18, to her mom
I'm in the 7th grade. I'm 13. I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not the president of the student body. Or captain of the debate team. I'm not the prettiest girl in my class. I'm not the most popular girl in my class. I'm just a kid. I'm a little shy. And it's really hard in this school to impress people enough to be your friend if you're not any of those things. But I go on these really great vacations with my parents between Christmas and New Year's every year. And I take pictures of places we go. And I write about those places. And I post this on my Xanga. Because I think if kids in school read what I have to say and how I say it, they'll want to be my friend. Vivien, 13, to Parry Aftab during a Teen Angels meeting

What is social networking? How do these sites work?

-Facebook -Myspace -Linkedln -Twitter -Second Life -bebo -Friendster -Xanga

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc

The MySpace generation Who isnt using it?

- Conscientious objectors - Disenfranchised teens

The appeal of social networking sites

- Music - Friends - Entertainment

Safety and Privacy The future of SNS

The dangers of youth and media

Cyber bullying
When the Internet, cell phones or other devices are used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person.

Megan Meier Ryan Halligan Olivia Garnder

65% of their students between 8-14 have been involved directly or indirectly in a cyber bullying incident as the cyber bully, victim or friend

Violence on Youtube

8 teenagers video a brutal beating to post online. A search for teenage fighting brings up 7,210 results. Are kids fighting more? Are they just doing it differently? If you prevented them from posting things on the internet, would it stop them from fighting?

The problem with technology

Provides anonymity / it feels like a safe world without consequences Indirect form of bullying Information spreads much faster and is put into the hands of masses

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Media Effects and Youth

Violence Sexually Explicit Content Drug & Alcohol Use Body Image Stereotyping

Who Regulates the Media?

Who regulates the media? Federal Communications Commission Federal Trade Commission Self-Regulation by Companies Independent Grassroots Groups

Media Regulation

Media Ethics
Whos responsibility is it to ensure the safety of youth when it comes to media exposure?

Ways to Combat Negative Media Effects Without Overt Regulation

Educating Youth in Media Literacy
Parent-Child Interaction Moderation of media consumption

References:
www.delicious.com/carolyn.grant2 www.delicious.com/aatkins2

www.delicious.com/pandagriffin
www.delicious.com/mbreeland www.delicious.com/dschmitt89