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>From U.S. public broadcasting: http://www.by-the-people.org Background on the Online Deliberate Poll As part of an effort to examine what ordinary Americans consider the proper role of the United States in world affairs, a national, representative sample of Americans has begun meeting online. Fifteen different groups, each consisting of between ten and twenty-two participants, meet twice a week for an hour, over a period of four weeks. In addition to exchanging views and talking about differing perspectives on U.S. foreign policy, participants also pose questions to experts who represent competing points of view. The questions and answers are posted on the PBS Online NewsHour website. The discussions are part of the first-ever online Deliberative Poll. The poll is a joint effort of the Center for Deliberative Polling at the University of Texas, the Political Communications Lab at Stanford and Knowledge Networks. The online poll is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Unlike conventional opinion polls, a Deliberative Poll provides participants with sustained opportunities to deliberate about a policy issue. Prior to each meeting, participants read carefully balanced and non-partisan briefing materials (developed by the National Issues Forums and the Kettering Foundation) designed to offer an overview of the relevant policy debates. Both before and after they have had a chance to deliberate, participants complete a survey of their beliefs and opinions. Research on face to face deliberative polls, which have been conducted in various countries -- including the U.S., Australia, Denmark, Britain, and Bulgaria - demonstrates that participants become more informed and that their opinions tend to undergo significant change. This is the first time that the process has been conducted on-line, and the results will allow researchers to compare the effects of online with face-to-face discussion. These results will be released in mid-January, 2003. >From the American Bar Association: http://www.abanet.org/publiced/noys/ Division for Public Education National Online Youth Summit Welcome to the National Online Youth Summit (NOYS) home page. The purpose of these summits is to encourage young people to think critically about a timely legal public policy issue. The summits give students an opportunity to learn about legal and policy issues with peers and policy resource persons. Discussions are made possible through the use of Web-based conferencing software. Spring 2003 -- Access Denied, R-Rating, V-Chip: Should Youth Access to the Internet Be Restricted? Past Summits: Spring 2002 -- Race, Ethnicity and the American Criminal Justice System Spring 2001 -- Does Capital Punishment Have a Future? Spring 2000 -- Access Denied, R-Rating, V-Chip: Should Youth Access to the Internet and Mass Media be Restricted? Fall 1999 -- After City of Chicago v. Morales: If Youth Hang Out on the Street, Are They Breaking the Law? Resources: Evaluating Web Resources materials for both teachers and students Teaching with Technology: Online Teaching Strategies Essentials of Law-Related Education (.pdf) Note: PDFs are used occasionally throughout this site; you may need to download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader in order to view them. A program of the American Bar Association Division for Public Education, the National Online Youth Summit is supported by Award No. 2001-JS-FX-K004 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
