Comments on: Internet not the child-devouring swamp many adults fear

By: leo

leo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:18:04 +0000

“Rather than assuming that education is primarily about preparing for jobs and careers…”

Um, whoever assumed that education was just about preparing for jobs and careers?

By: Akma » Points North

Akma » Points North — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:46:55 +0000

[...] to Durham. Speaking of Boston bloggers, David posted two terrific links yesterday: one, to Mimi Ito’s research report on teenagers online (Whaddaya know? They’re not going to hell in a handbasket after all) and the other to Monty [...]

By: Shelley

Shelley — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:09:56 +0000

PS I’m rather astonished at how little commentary there has been from the pro-social network group about the MySpace/Drew trial.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:08:57 +0000

Sure, and if the study was years in the making, why not release it next week?

But the very same day of the MySpace/Drew trial — what awful timing.

By: davidw

davidw — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:53:35 +0000

Shelley, it was a multi-year study. The release date had nothing to do with the start of the trial. (I asked.)

By: davidw

davidw — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:58:19 +0000

Mike, the article about the WoW player is about Kevin Werbach, who’s a co-head of the FCC transition team.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:18:03 +0000

The timing on this is suspect, considering the report was released on the same day the Lori Drew MySpace/cyber crime trial started.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:21:43 +0000

I read an article discussing this study this morning in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and I think it makes a nice follow up to an article which for the life of me, I can’t find at the moment, about a presumed pick in Obama’s cabinet being a WoW player.

It’s nice to see online communities and interaction getting some good press for once, maybe this will be a kickstart to more studies and a better understanding as to how we interact and rely on net-based communities.