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Speaking of youth engagement, also see: http://www.civicyouth.org And keep your eyes on this pending research "Youth as E-Citizens: The Internet and Youth Civic Engagement": http://www.civicyouth.org/grants/inprogress/news_media.htm See: http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/conference2003/ Friday, March 28 Welcoming Buffet Dinner 5:30 - 7 p.m. Library and Courtyard, North Gate Hall Keynote Speech 7 - 8:30 p.m. Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Hall Growing up Digital and the Emerging Digital Vernacular Keynote Speaker John Seely Brown, former chief scientist of Xerox Corporation and former director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) ****************************** Saturday, March 29 New Media Conference Coffee and pastries 8:30 a.m. Library and Courtyard, North Gate Hall Opening remarks 9:15 a.m. Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Hall Morning Session Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Hall Learning and Communicating in a Digital World 9:30 - 10:40 a.m. How young people are using digital devices and the Internet as learning and communication tools Panelists Mizuko Ito, cultural anthropologist of technology use, focusing on children and youth's changing relationships to media and communications, and a visiting scholar at the USC Annenberg School for Communication Christopher Pitzak, vice president of strategy and business development for Jippii USA, Inc. Harrison Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a research center that examines the social impact of the Internet Douglas Thomas, associate professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and author of "Hacker Culture" Joseph Turow, professor of communication at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School For Communication and co-editor of a forthcoming book about families and the Internet Mindy McAdams, professor of journalism and the Knight Chair for Journalism Technologies and the Democratic Process at the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida (moderator) The New News Consumers 10:50 - noon How Kids Get News, Information and Entertainment - Online and Off Panelists Stephanie Yost Cameron, general counsel and senior vice president, business & legal affairs, at NeoPets Inc. Jarl Mohn (known as Lee Masters since his days in radio), manager of The Mohn Family Foundation and a director of The Game Show Network and E.W. Scripps Company Duane Sweep, director of media research at MORI Research Vicki Whiting, president, editor and founder of Kid Scoop, a weekly newspaper feature geared to children ages 7 to 12 that appears in nearly 200 newspapers Nora Paul, director of the Institute for New Media Studies at the University of Minnesota (moderator) Lunch Noon - 1:15 p.m. Library, Courtyard and Room 105, North Gate Hall Afternoon Session Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Hall Playing Games and Gaming the News 1:15 - 2:25 p.m. The video game generation and how media sites can use games to deliver news and information Panelists Will Harvey, founder and executive vice president of There, the online getaway to playing and talking naturally while having fun and making friends Yasmin Kafai, associate professor of learning and instruction and director of the KIDS research project at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and author of "Minds in Play: Computer Game Design as a Context for Children's Learning" Glenn Thomas, co-founder of Smashing Ideas Inc. and co-developer of an interactive mapping application for the Everett Herald entitled "Waterfront Renaissance" Ashley Wells, senior producer of interactive content at MSNBC.com specializing in innovative and engaging new story forms and how people use them Will Wright, chief designer and co-founder of Maxis game development studio and creator of SimCity and The Sims Pete Deemer, co-founder of GameSpot and former senior vice president at CNET Networks (moderator) Reconnecting with Young People 2:35 - 3:45 p.m. Media sites that are reaching young people and involving them in the news process Panelists James Bower, a founder of Whyville and a professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center and the University of Texas, San Antonio Jean Chen, online editor at Youth Radio Rob Curley, general manager of World Online, the Internet division of The Lawrence Journal-World Tim Levell, editor of the BBC's CBBC Newsround and the website at www.bbc.co.uk/newsround, the world's only daily updated news site for children and young people aged 8 to 14 Joel Schwartzberg, editor and programming director for Time Inc. Interactive, with oversight of TIME For Kids Online and Sports Illustrated for Kids Online Elizabeth Osder, visiting professor of journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and deputy editor of the Online Journalism Review (moderator) In Their Own Words 3:55 - 5:05 p.m. Young people - from pre-teen to college age - describe their technology and media habits Panelists Stephanie Danner, 10, is an avid Internet and NeoPets fan who dances, rides horses and participates in the Math Olympiads for her elementary school Mia Kabasakalis, 14, writes for TIME for Kids "Kid Scoops" and is a 4-handicap golfer who recently got her dream assignment - an interview with Tiger Woods Arie Knyazev, 9 1/2, is in the Gifted and Talented Education program at his elementary school, plays flute and piano, has a green belt in Karate, is a huge Neopets and computer games fan and is studying HTML to do his own Web page Margarita Rossi, 19, writes stories for Youth Radio, including a piece on "Why I Don't Watch Mainstream News," and is a student at City College of San Francisco Amy Shatto, 14, recently learned HTML, DHTML, Java, Perl, and CSS, wants to be a web designer and is a fan of Whyville and NeoPets Neil Chase, managing editor at CBS MarketWatch.com, board member of the Online News Association and former professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism (moderator) Closing Reception 5:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Library and Courtyard, North Gate Hall *** 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 send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
