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ORGANIZATION: GlobalGirl Media

Posted on April 24, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment

GlobalGirl Media  is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that is dedicated to empowering high school age girls from under-served communities around the world through media, leadership and journalistic training to have a voice in the global media universe and their own futures. GlobalGirl Media grew out of a coalition of women broadcasters and journalists […]

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PROFILE: Taylor Wilson, teen physicist

Posted on April 18, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment

Taylor Wilson is a 17 year old student who is obsessed with radioactivity.  He’s been chasing radioactive elements and the dream of being a physicist since he was in the fifth grade.  He is now one of the most prominent teen physicists in the world. Taylor is the youngest person in the world to create […]

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ADVICE: Straight Talk TNT- Teen Advice column by teens for teens

Posted on April 16, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment

Straight Talk TNT is a syndicated teen advice column which has been appearing in smaller newspapers around the country since 2004. Currently syndicated in 10 California newspapers and the Toledo Blade of Ohio, each week they estimate their column is read by over 100,000 youth, parents, grandparents, business leaders and others who care about youth. […]

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It Gets a Lot Better

PROJECT: It Gets Better: Anti-bullying, Broadway-style.

Posted on April 13, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment

“It Gets Better” is the anti-bullying internet movement that got its start in September 2010 when syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage and his partner made a Youtube video to give hope to LGBT youth, in response to media reports of a number of LGBT teen suicides. The movement has since spawned over 40,000 user created […]

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Caine Monroy in front of his creation.

PASSION: When You Give A Kid A Cardboard Box…Caine Monroy

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Melissa · Leave a Comment

Please welcome new blogger for Digital Family Summit Melissa Brodsky.  Melissa has been blogging since 2006, is a social media consultant and freelance writer, and is the mother of 5 aspiring bloggers/digital content creators. See below for more information about Melissa. You never know who it is you’re going to meet or how they are […]

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Curt Hogg, Sports Journalist

PROFILE: Curt Hogg, Teen sports journalist

Posted on April 10, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment

Curt Hogg is a 16 year old junior in high school that has a passion for sports writing. Curt is a Milwaukee Brewers fan, and has his own blog (Plushdamentals)  on their network . His blog is rated as one of the Top 100 blogs on MLB.com Curt started writing for Bleacher Report in the […]

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ORGANIZATION: VolunTEENnation: Teen Volunteer Opportunities

Posted on April 9, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment

In 2009, then 17 year old  Simone Bernstein and her brother Jake started a St. Louis organization called Volunteen, which allowed youth (from ages ten to seventeen) to find volunteering opportunities that cater to their interests. All the user had to do is type in their age, zip code, and category of volunteering, and they’d […]

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PROFILE: Adora Svitak, Write With Adora

Posted on April 6, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment

Adora Svitak was/is a child writing prodigy. At the age of 7 she published her first book, and was typing 70 words a minute. By age 12, she was typing 100 words a minute, speaking at national conventions, teaching writing classes, editing documents, and appearing on major talk shows. Diane Sawyer called her “A little […]

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PROJECTS: The Flat Classroom Project, Digiteens

Posted on April 5, 2012 by adam · 2 Comments

PLEASE NOTE: The descriptions of this project come from their websites, listed below. The Flat Classroom Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. This project is part of the emerging tend in internationally-aware schools to embrace a holistic and constructivist educational approach to work collaboratively with others around the […]

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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 […]

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