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It seems as though teens are becoming conditioned to be "on call" through texting with cell phones. Some youth say they feel social pressure to answer each other's text messages regardless of the time of day, and that's causing problems at home and at school. Teachers are concerned about the impact of interruptions on learning, and school administrators are responding with policies on cell phone-use in schools. But how can the education system guide teens through confronting compulsion if students are conditioned to be "on-call"? Can kids find the self-control to plan time with their cell phones efficiently?

A basic video tutorial covering text, stroke and fill, and filters.

So I've been watching Ben Rimes' posts for DS106 go by and I keep thinking I should give that a try. I was inspired by the Return to the Silent Era assignment, so after watching a couple other people's submissions I figured I'd jump in. One of the things keeping from trying any ds106 assignment before was a lack of expensive software. Ben always uses high end programs like Adobe Premier and Photoshop that I don't have. How could I possibly do any of the cool stuff he does. Well, I decided to see if I could do the whole thing using only my iPad. It also gave me an excuse to buy Avid Studio, an app I've been looking at since it came out. Apps I used: Avid Studio $4.99 - For video editing Blux Movie (free right now) - I shot the movie with Blux. PhotoShop Express and SketchBook Express (free) - To create the placards. I added the text in Avid Studio iSuper8 (free) - Final aging effects added.

Research and interviews with the top experts around the world on youth and new media appear on janemitchinson.ca, along with excerpts from Jane's documentaries on the subject area. Appearing on the site are David Buckingham, Danah Boyd, Linda Stone, Neil Andersen, Dr. David Meyer, and Dr. Tracey Alloway.

There's a link on my webpage to some excerpts from the documentary I produced recently on teens and texting, called "Conditioned to be On Call".

Bar codes scanned by a cell cam or web cam can link to multi-media, text, and employ GPS.