Meeting of the Minds: Youth, Social Media, and Education What is really going on with youth and social media? Are there benefits – educational and life-long to youth use of social media? Find out in this discussion featuring danah boyd, social media researcher and guru, and a panel of experts, as they discuss how social media, technology, and education interact and enhance learning both in and out of the classroom danah boyd is a researcher at Microsoft Research and a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society Her research investigates everyday practices involving social media, with specific attention to youth engagement She recently co-authored Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media She is currently co-directing the Youth and Media Policy Working Group, funded by the MacArthur Foundation Her blogs are at http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/ and she is on Twitter @zephoria Reactor panel: • Barry Joseph, Director Online Leadership Program, Global Kids • Jessica Hochman, Assistant Professor, LMS, Coordinator, Pratt School of Library and Information Science • Linda W Braun, Educational Technology Consultant, Adjunct Faculty, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science Program Facilitator: Jack Martin, Assistant Director of Public Programs / Lifelong Learning, The New York Public Library Barry Joseph, Director of the Online Leadership Program, holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MA in American Studies from New York University Barry came to Global Kids in 2000 through the New Voices Fellowship of the Academy for Educational Development, funded by the Ford Foundation He has developed innovative programs in the areas of youth-led online dialogues, video games as a form of youth media, the application of social networks for social good and the educational potential of virtual worlds like Second Life, combining youth development practices with the development of high profile digital media projects that develop 21st Century Skills and New Media Literacies He has also worked with GK's development program to secure funding from the Motorola Foundation, Time-Warner Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, the MacArthur Foundation, AMD, and the Microsoft Corporation, amongst others Barry served on the steering committee of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning initiative and his writing appeared in the Foundation's Ecology of Games volume in 2007 Barry has been invited to present at the University of Wisconsin's Games, Learning and Society Conference, M.I.T.'s Educational Arcade, the annual Games For Change conference, at the United Nations, and at Microsoft's Wide World Summit, amongst others His projects and views have appeared in the New York Times, CNN, Marie Claire, BusinessWeek, The Voice of America, and through press in Russia and Japan During his time at Global Kids, Barry has also found time to successfully launch two nonprofits, Games For Change and a second working for a peaceful resolution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and is currently working to advance the emerging communities of both games-based learning and learning through virtual worlds More information can be found at olp.globalkids.org, youtube.com/holymeatballs, and RezEd.org Linda W Braun is an educational technology consultant for LEO: Librarians & Educators Online where she provides project management, training, and consulting services to public libraries and schools on a variety of topics Linda has a Masters of Science Degree in Library and Information Science from Simmons College and a Masters of Education with a specialization in Technology in Education from Lesley University Linda currently teaches for Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science Formerly she taught for Lesley University, Graduate School of Education In 2008, 2009, 2010 Linda received the WISE Excellence in Online Teaching Award She is the current President of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) a Division of the American Library Association (ALA) and from 2006 - 2009 served as the first Blog Manager for YALSA Linda is a Tag Team Tech columnist for VOYA and has written several books on technology for Neal Schuman, ALA Editions, Libraries Unlimited, and Information Today Her book, Risky Business: Taking and Managing Risks in Library Services for Teens (co-authored with Jack Martin and Connie Urquhart) will be published by ALA Editions and YALSA early summer 2010 Jessica Hochman is an assistant professor and coordinator of the School Library Media Specialist Program at Pratt Institute’s School of Library and Information Science (SILS) Her interests include cultural studies, visual culture, graffiti, critical pedagogy and gender studies As an educator and activist, she worked for several after school programs in New York City, and developed and piloted curricula for community technology centers that use writing for the web as a means for young women to discuss and publicize social issues Currently, she is using interdisciplinary research to explore the ways in which the cultural production of young women and girls is transforming our notions of literacy and subjectivity ... 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