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Call for descriptions: online safety programs

rtabasky — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

The Risky Behaviors and Online Safety track of Harvard University Berkman Center's Youth and Media Policy Working Group Initiative is creating a Compendium of youth-based Internet safety programs and interventions. We are requesting organizations, institutions, and individuals working in online youth safety to share descriptions of their effective programs and interventions that address risky behavior by youth online. We are particularly interested in endeavors that involve educators, social services, mentors and coaches, youth workers, religious leaders, law enforcement, mental

Berkman Buzz: Week of October 5, 2009

syoung — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:00:00 -0400

BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations
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What's being discussed...take your pick or browse below.

9/30: John Palfrey testifies on cyberbullying before the House Subcommittee on Crime...

syoung — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:00:00 -0400

Wendy Seltzer discusses "Digital Defamation: Cyberbullying and the First Amendment," Monday, May 11, at the Paley Center...

ashar — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:40:40 -0400

Social media guidelines for law students

ashar — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:00:00 -0400

Berkman Fellow Gene Koo, who is working with our friends at the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) to build eLangdell : The Legal Ed Commons (a platform for collaboratively creating legal teaching materials), is also helping to organize the Social Media Best Practices Workshop at this year's CALI Conference. From Gene's blog:

Learning in a Participatory Culture

syoung — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:00:00 -0400

Our friends down the street at MIT's Project New Media Literacies (NML) are holding a conference in Cambridge this Saturday, May 2: Learning in a Participatory Culture. The day's workshops will delve into the future of education -- from research to strategies to exhibits -- and NML will unveil their new "web-based learning environment," the Learning Library.

On Remix and Born Digital

syoung — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:00:00 -0400

The "Books et al." section in the current issue of Science features two Berkman Center-related pieces of interest to the wider community.

Berkman Buzz: Week of March 30, 2009

lkoss — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:45:04 -0400

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First Amendment Center online symposium on "Cyberbullying & Public Schools"

syoung — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:30:00 -0400

Berkman Buzz: Week of March 23, 2009

lkoss — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:28:01 -0400

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