guardian.co.uk Film:
London Children's Film Festival, LondonIs it wrong that the prospect of a Tim Burton Bedtime Stories Pyjama Party is as appealing to adults as it will be to movie-loving kids? With a sweet-making workshop and screenings of Ch (Read More)
The Guardian:
Occupied, and suppressed, Poland's 20th century history was as bleak as its future now seems rosy. Why then have so many young Poles left never to return since 2004?Sitting with her daughter and grand-daughter in one of Warsa (Read More)
Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative:
Hi! This is Nafiza Akter, and I was one of the youth attending the Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age Forum. This forum was put together, as far as my understanding goes, to look at how technology could be used and incorp (Read More)
Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative:
This month we began working for the second time with librarians volunteering with incarcerated youth to think about how we could use virtual world technology in a way that would bring meaningful programming to these youth whi (Read More)
mobileYouth:
1) Henry Jenkins on Transmedia, Participatory & Convergence Culture Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot2) Heather Graham for MoveOn.org | POLITICS / ADS Zandland Blog3) Media Morsels for Lil’ Goblins: Next to New BOOks as Treats! (Read More)
The Guardian:
A decade ago most of us had never used the internet – now we can't imagine life without it. Actually, some of us can: there are 10 million people in the UK still without a connection. Are they, Tim Adams asks, losing out econ (Read More)
guardian.co.uk: The Guardian newspaper: Editorials & reply:
Anyone who spent the early 1980s rewinding a squealing tape player in an attempt to load Lunar Lander on to a Sinclair ZX81 or Jet Set Willy on to a Spectrum will have been transported back to their youth by the BBC4 film Mic (Read More)
mobileYouth:
New media is a promise. It isn’t the solution.It’s a promise that you’ll turn the narrative from one about the brand to one about the customer.It’s easy to be seduced by the technology. Want to engage youth? Go mobile, go Fac (Read More)
mobileYouth:
Upstart Radio by Graham BrownClick the picture to access more content on youth marketing and the public sectorMarlon Parker from Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town South Africa has been working on something (Read More)
mobileYouth:
1) Youth, Technology, and Learning: Opportunities for Educators and Future Employers2) Digital Kids: Smartest or Dumbest? Interview, http://vimeo.com/1966656 Digital Kids: Smartest or Dumbest? Interview 2: Neil Howe from Educ (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Pirate Party UK says it wants to influence policies on digital technology and copyright lawA new political party intent on legalising not-for-profit filesharing of music and films is aiming to capture the youth vote in the ge (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Decision based on recession and BT's 'headcount pressures'• UK graduate vacancies fall by 25% as 49 apply for each jobBT has become one of the first big name companies to scrap its graduate recruitment scheme, adding to fea (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Britons spend average of 25 minutes online a day• Twitter and Facebook warned over fickle usersFrom uncles wearing skinny jeans to mothers investing in ra-ra skirts, the older generation has long known that the surest way t (Read More)
The Guardian:
Orange is launching a new mobile music service aimed squarely at the youth market. It will give pre-pay customers unlimited access to tracks from Universal Music's extensive catalogue and let them play them on any mobile phon (Read More)
Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative:
On Saturday, June 27, 2009, over 100 New York City-area youth gathered at The New School to showcase their use of digital media and technology at (o.o), the first NYC Digital Youth Media and Technology Festival. While the you (Read More)
Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative:
On June 27, 2009, the first (o.o) festival was held. What a success! The daylong festival spotlighted the work from teenagers all over New York, who came together to share their work that they have been doing within the digit (Read More)
The Guardian:
Lights! Camera! Dongle! As Tony Scott's remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 proves, the movies' relationship with modern computing is often strained. It's time for Hollywood to uninstall updates, says Damon WiseTony Scott is p (Read More)
The Guardian:
• 16-to-24-year-olds targeted in bid to compete with rivals' offers• Technology licensed from pioneering advertising company BlykOrange is planning to offer students a range of promotions, such as make-up and tickets and poss (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
• 'Simple' approach urged to fight antisocial behaviour• Proposal would increase crime, says Home OfficeYoung troublemakers should have their phones or bikes confiscated by the police if they indulge in antisocial behaviour, (Read More)
Guardian Unlimited: Technology:
The world seems all a titter that teens don't use TwitterTeens spurning Twitter was one of the bombshells from 15-year-old Matthew Robson that the media highlighted in a report he wrote for investment bank Morgan Stanley. How (Read More)