Law Lab Speaker Series

Transparent Citizens and the Rule of Law

Joel R. Reidenberg, Professor of Law and Director, Center on Law and Information Policy, Fordham University

Joel will discuss "Transparent Citizens and the Rule of Law", an essay that explores the erosion of the boundary between public and private information on the Internet.

Berkman Luncheon Series

Parent versus Child Reports of Internet Behaviors and Support for Strategies to Prevent Negative Effects of Online Exposure

Sahara Byrne, Assistant Professor, Cornell University

Sahara Byrne will discuss a nation-wide survey of 1812 parents with children who have access to the internet examines parental support for various strategies to protect their children from negative effects.

Berkman Luncheon Series

Teaching Teens to Twitter: Supporting Engagement in the College Classroom

Rey Junco, Associate Professor and the Director of Disability Services in the Department of Academic Development and Counseling at Lock Haven University

Recent research has shown that social media use is correlated with indices of student engagement. While a relationship exists, no research has been conducted to elucidate the causal connection, if any, between engagement in social media spaces and engagement in the real world. This talk will outline an experimental study, currently underway, that assesses whether first-year college students’ use of Twitter affects student engagement and success.

Government 2.0: The Net Generation and the Transformation of Democracy

A public address by Don Tapscott, Author of Wikinomics and Grown Up Digital at the Harvard Institute of Politics Forum...

Challenges of Activism in the Middle East

Esra’a Al Shafei of MideastYouth.com

Esra’a Al Shafei of MideastYouth.com will take us on a tour of her cyber community, and discuss the challenges of activism in the Middle East.

Berkman Luncheon Series

Immersive Interfaces for Learning: Opportunities and Perils

Professor Chris Dede of the Harvard Graduate School of Education

This talk with Harvard's Timothy E Wirth professor of Learning Technologies, Chris Dede, illustrates research on learning and assessment in immersive interfaces in order to foster a discussion of the policy and legal issues around this mode of education.

Born Digital (Chicago Book Talk & Reception)

We invite you to celebrate the release of John Palfrey and Urs Gasser's Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society in Chicago, IL at the offices of Google.

Born Digital (Washington, DC Book Talk & Reception)

We invite you to celebrate the release of John Palfrey and Urs Gasser's "Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives" in Washington, DC with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, co-hosted by our colleagues at Google.

Berkman@10

Born Digital (Cambridge Book Talk & Reception)

by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser

The Berkman Center celebrated the release of John Palfrey and Urs Gasser's "Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives" at Harvard Law School.

Born Digital (Seattle Book Talk & Reception)

Join us for the release of "Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives" at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA.