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Danah Boyd in Australia

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• By:Maxine
• July 3, 2007
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If you have any inter­est at all in the future of online social net­work­ing, and in par­tic­u­lar its impli­ca­tions for the edu­ca­tion sec­tor, don’t miss this upcom­ing Education​.AU seminar:

Danah Boyd: Generation MySpace — Social net­work­ing and its impact on stu­dents and education

Danah, an inter­na­tion­ally recog­nised author­ity on the way peo­ple use net­worked social media, will dis­cuss crit­i­cal issues such as

• What today’s youth are really doing online and does it matter?
• What are the trends in tech­nolo­gies and social net­work­ing we need to be aware of?
• What does this mean for work in the 21^st Century?
• What does this mean about Gen X, Y learners?
• What oppor­tu­ni­ties are edu­ca­tors miss­ing out on if they don’t engage?

I’ve seen Danah speak a few times at SXSW. She comes from an aca­d­e­mic back­ground, but has an out­stand­ing abil­ity to see phe­nom­ena such as MySpace and other aspects of online life in their broader his­tor­i­cal and cul­tural con­text. I really think it will be a great day.

• August 6 — Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
• August 8 — Melbourne RACV Club, 17^th Floor 501 Bourke Street Melbourne.

Check the Education​.AU site for full details.

2 responses to “Danah Boyd in Australia”:

1. • By:The Social Net » Social Networking July 3, 2007 10:44 pm
   • July 4th, 2007

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