Children on the web
Infographic about protecting your online reputation.
Don Tapscott’s homepage.
Wikipedia article about Marc Granovetter and his famous ‘weak ties’.
Mark Prensky’s article where he coins the term “digital natives”.
Response article to the above with multiple links - especially good for teachers.
Article claiming that “digital natives” don’t exist or at least that the term is widely misunderstood.
Article from the Economist about the relevance today of the Dunbar number in relation to e.g. Facebook.
Scholarly article about gamebased learning. Scottish.
An excellent article from London School of Economics about the real and perceived dangers for children on the web.
EU Kids Online – country specific reports about Internet safety for children.
In Swedish: Meta-study of boys and violent computer games. Conclusion is that you can’t conclude anything.
In Danish: How our current definition of presence or intimacy is relatively new.
In Danish: Series of four programmes from DR P1 about children on the web. Download them as podcasts.
Example (one among many) of something funny, meaningful and educational that children can do online.
Snopes is a website that helps you detect whether a piece of advice or a story that’s circulating on the web is true or false. I use it very often – today I told a Facebook-friend that no, it’s not the doctor’s advice to start coughing if you feel a heart attack coming on!
Direct link to YouTube’s own instruction video for young people.
Book: Deconstructing Digital Natives. Order it from Books & Company!
Book in Danish: Homo Conexus. Order it from Books & Company!