New Study Shows Time Spent Online Important for Teen Development - MacArthur Foundation - 0 views
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Young people respect each other’s authority online and are more motivated to learn from each other than from adults.
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Ed Webb on 09 Mar 09The question is, how skilled are internet users in general, of any age, in assessing the quality fo information. Is the authority well-deserved in each case where trust is given, in other words? How finely-honed are users' filters?
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“Kids learn on the Internet in a self-directed way, by looking around for information they are interested in, or connecting with others who can help them. This is a big departure from how they are asked to learn in most schools, where the teacher is the expert and there is a fixed set of content to master.”
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Online media, messages, and profiles that young people post can travel beyond expected audiences and are often difficult to eradicate after the fact
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parents and their children came together around gaming or shared digital media projects, where both kids and adults brought expertise to the table.
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an effort to inject grounded research into the conversation about the future of learning in a digital world.
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America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online – often in ways adults do not understand or value.
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The social worlds that youth are negotiating have new kinds of dynamics, as online socializing is permanent, public, involves managing elaborate networks of friends and acquaintances, and is always on.