PROFILE: Ethan Brown, Mathemagician
Posted on April 4, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
Ethan Brown is a 12 year old “Mathemagician.” After watching an online video of Arthur Benjamin’s performance at TED, Ethan was inspired to learn the art and science of performing Mental Mathematics on stage. He began with a 5th grade talent show in May 2010 and only 1 month later joined Dr. Benjamin onstage at [...]
RESOURCE: TheirSpace: Educating Digitally Ethical Teens
Posted on April 3, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
At SxSWedu 2012, Jac de Haan, lead innovator at Tech With Intent and Ted Kalmus, who is the Head of School at Billings Middle School gave a talk on educating digitally ethical teens. According to de Haan the goal of the talk was to lay the groundwork for a Digital Ethics curriculum alongside other elements [...]
PROFILE: Jane Aldridge, Sea of Shoes
Posted on April 2, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
Blogger turned fashion-insider Jane Aldridge launched her blog Sea of Shoes as a high school hobby in 2007 when she was fifteen years old. Since then she has since gone from everyday high school girl to serious tastemaker. Her site exists as a photo diary of her skillfully styled ensembles, comprised of cool mash-ups of [...]
GROUP: Mighty Writers of Philadelphia
Posted on March 30, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
Mighty Writers is a non-profit organization whose mission is to teach Philadelphia kids (ages 7 to 17) to think and write with clarity, so their self-esteem grows and they can move toward success at school, at work and in life. According to the Mighty Writers website, more than forty percent of Philadelphia students drop out [...]
GROUP: Yoursphere Media Launches New Internet Safety Education Foundation
Posted on March 29, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
article via PRWEB Nonprofit Foundation and Coalition for Internet Safety Education and Reform to serve as resource to community educators who are teaching importance of online privacy, safety, and age-appropriate content. Yoursphere Media, Inc., announced today it has launched the Foundation and Coalition for Internet Safety Education and Reform. This new nonprofit, established to encourage [...]
PROJECT: Raspberry PI Foundation
Posted on March 28, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It plays high definition video, can do spreadsheets, word-processing, games, and a host of other things. There are two versions, which cost either $25 or $35! It’s been designed by a non-profit in the UK call the Raspberry PI [...]
PROFILE: Lane Sutton, 15 year old Entrepreneur
Posted on March 26, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
Lane Sutton is a 15-year-old young entrepreneur who has grown up with technology and social media. Lane works as a social media coach for brands, colleges, companies, and people to help them market and grow their social media presence. Lane regularly speaks to conventions, corporations, business professionals, college students (both undergraduates and post-graduates) about the [...]
PROJECT: Digital Sustain
Posted on March 23, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
Digital Sustain is a project by three Central School of Speech and Drama students. CSSD is the Univeristy of London’s Drama Conservatoire. The three students, Julia Beck, Rosie Storr, and Anna Bosworth, are researching and documenting a question: “Do Digital Arts help make a case for sustainability in Applied Theatre?” (In case you don’t know, [...]
PROFILE: Samantha Oliveras, Stop Piracy Now
Posted on March 21, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
The New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment (MOME) launched the next phase of its campaign against digital piracy, aimed to educate NYC youth on the harmful effects of illegal content theft. And they did it by partnering with a high school student. The student, Samantha Oliveras, is a Herbert H. Lehman High [...]
PROFILE: Maelo Manning, libdemchild
Posted on March 19, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
British blogger Maelo Manning started her political blog libdemchild in April of 2010. What’s astonishing about that is that she did so when she was 10 years old! Since that time, she’s been featured in a number of articles about young bloggers, including an article in The Independent (and she’s spoken at a few conferences and meetings [...]
