Writing More than Ever: Teens and Texting
There is much handwringing over the impact texting is having on our kids' academic writing. As teens - and even younger children - text more, the thinking goes, the less they'll adhere to the standard...
View ArticleTeen Content Creators: Pew Internet and American Life Project
This overview of teen behavior and experience online, as well as attitudes about writing online and in school, draws on data collected by the Pew Research Center on Internet and American Life. Data...
View ArticleAmanda Lenhart: An Analytical Take on Youth, Social Networking, and Web 2.0
Amanda Lenhart, senior research specialist at the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, talks about her research in a recent interview for the DMLcentral Newsletter. Lenhart and her...
View ArticleLibrary as Makerspace: Creating and Nurturing Communities of Teen Writers
Original photograph by Buffy HamiltonAs part of our makerspace initiative this year (please see this blog post and this slidedeck here) and inspired by the work of the Sacramento Public Library, one of...
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