Teaching Generation M - A Handbook for Librarians and Educators

Posted by Celia Walter | 5 Jul, 2009

Teaching Generation M - A Handbook for Librarians and Educators"Working with and devising quality educational resources for Generation M - today's group of teens and young adults born in the early 1980s through the mid 1990s - can be a challenge for librarians and instructors who may not relate well to their multitasking, technophile students. Here, editors Cvetkovic ( named of one of the '2005 Library Movers and Shakers' by Library Journal) and Lackie (the 2006 recipient of the ALA Kenneth Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship) answer the core questions you'll need to facilitate new and powerful learning opportunities for your Gen M audience"

From Peter Scott's Library blog

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Listening to Students About Learning

Posted by Celia Walter | 7 Dec, 2008
Listening to Students About Learning [pdf]

http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/dynamic/publications/elibrary_pdf_737.pdf

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been working on a number of reports on how to strengthen pre-collegiate education in community colleges, and this compelling work represents part of their most recent findings on the subject. Authored by Andrea Conklin Bueschel, this 24-page report draws on interviews with students, community college leaders, teachers, and others to look into what is most effective in terms of working with these students to achieve their educational goals. The report draws on research performed at a variety of community colleges in California, and anyone with an interest in the continued success of students in these institutions will find this report very helpful. The report is rounded out by a detailed bibliography. [KMG] Scout Report

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Children in virtual worlds: conference web site

Posted by Celia Walter | 23 Jul, 2008
Children in virtual worlds
'Children in Virtual Worlds' is the website of a joint conference held by the BBC, the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and the University of Westminster. The one-day conference was held in May 2008, in a climate of increasing moral panic on the topic by media commentators and pressure groups. The conference proceedings are being placed online, and at mid July 2008 the following academic papers are available: 'New research on virtual worlds for children'; 'Children in virtual worlds: legal issues'; 'Researching virtual worlds: let's talk about ethics'; 'Learning from online worlds: teaching in Second Life'; 'Immersion and play in virtual and actual places'; and a report on the BBC's 'Adventure Rock' online world (formerly CBBC World). Most of these papers are in PDF form, but there is also some video from the conference. The website also contains full details of the conference programme. The papers this website contains will be useful for those researching new forms of interactive media, the changing media consumption of young childhood in the UK, and also the knowledges and attitudes about virtual worlds that young people may bring with them in the near-future when they enter higher education. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.childreninvirtualworlds.org.uk/

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iPod generation - UK

Posted by Celia Walter | 13 Feb, 2008

iPod generation - UK - April 2007

This summary of a report from Mintel may be useful for anyone researching the so-called iPod generation. (The full report has to be bought from Mintel). "This report examines the iPod Generation – a group of tech-savvy, connected consumers who have largely grown up in the PC age, and for whom the Internet is an integral part of everyday life. This generation is set to have a huge impact on the UK, not only when it comes to music and MP3s, but also across the economy as a whole – the banking sector, travel and tourism and the wider leisure industry." It covers home and family; finances; career; Internet usage; the environment. From Intute.ac.uk
http://oxygen.mintel.com/sinatra/oxygen/display/id=273617

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Keeping Children Safe Online: Cyber security tip

Posted by Celia Walter | 24 Jan, 2008

Cyber Security Tip ST05-002: Keeping Children Safe Online
Source: US-CERT

Children present unique security risks when they use a computer—not only do you have to keep them safe, you have to protect the data on your computer. By taking some simple steps, you can dramatically reduce the threats.

Docuticker

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Forbidden Fruit: The censorship of literature and information for young people

Posted by Celia Walter | 20 Oct, 2007
The conference will focus on the censorship of print, electronic and other literary and information resources for young people.
19 to 20 June 2008
Southport, UK, North West England, United Kingdom

Website: http://forbiddenfruitconference.wetpaint.com/
Contact name: Sarah McNicol
Organized by: Evidence Base
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 7 January 2008

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