Category Archives: Digital Youth

Daily Mail Shocked by Teen Cleavage

[fr]Encore une panique au sujet des photos d’ados sur les réseaux sociaux. Gardez la tête froide. Vais bloguer si j’ai le temps ces prochains jours.[en]Kevin Marks tweets: Daily Mail is shocked, shocked to find teenage cleavage on Bebo; reprints it … Continue reading

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A Day at the Frankfurter Buchmesse

[fr]Etat des lieux sur mes recherches de fonds et exploration du monde de l’édition pour mon livre sur les ados et internet. Envies de publier (via internet) des livres avec mes photos, aussi.[en]A month or two ago, I was chatting … Continue reading

Posted in Books, Digital Youth, Livre, My corner of the world | Tagged adolescents, book fair, Books, buchmesse, Digital Youth, édition, financement, frankfurt, frankfurter buchmesse, french, funding, Livre, My Photos, Photography, project, projet, publication, publishing, suisse romande, switzerland | 7 Comments

First Draft of Book Presentation

[fr]Un premier jet de ce que pourrait être une présentation de mon projet de livre, en anglais.[en]// Here’s a first draft of what a short presentation of my book project would be. Comments and nitpicking welcome. Is this convincing? Does … Continue reading

Posted in Digital Youth, Livre | Tagged book, Digital Youth, internet, Livre, prevention, project, projet, proposal, teenagers, teens, Writing | 21 Comments

Comment j’en suis arrivée à m’intéresser aux blogs d’adolescents

[en]The story of how I took an interest in teenage blogging, and from there, teenagers and the internet. It involves a difficult first year of teaching and a naked bottom on one of my students’ skyblogs.[fr]// Entrée en matière possible … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, Livre | Tagged adolescents, anecdote, Anecdotes, blogs, Digital Youth, digitalyouth, école, Education, Enseignement, General, histoire, introduction, Livre, Online Culture, skyblog, story, teenagers | 5 Comments

A Book on Teenagers and the Internet

[fr]Malgré l’excellent travail de danah boyd et le livre d’Anastasia Goodstein (“Totally Wired”), je pense que mon projet de livre sur les adolescents et internet tient encore la route. Une petite argumentation à ce sujet.[en]// After complaining for weeks that … Continue reading

Posted in Digital Youth, Livre | Tagged anastasia goodstein, book, Cyberspace, danah boyd, digital, Digital Youth, digitalyouth, Education, internet, Livre, onlineculture, parenting, teenagers, teens, totallywired, web | 21 Comments

Informations et prévention: adolescents et internet

[en]An overview of the different talks and trainings I can do regarding teenagers on the internet. I can do them in English too, but most of my clients here are French-speaking. If you’d like more information about this in English, … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, My corner of the world, Social Media and the Web | Tagged actioninnocence, adolescents, conference, Cyberspace, danger, dangers, Digital Youth, digitalyouth, écoles, edublogging, élèves, enseignants, formation, information, internet, jeunes, Online Culture, parents, pédophilie, prestations, prevention, risque, secondlife, security, services, Social Software, suisse romande, teenagers | 7 Comments

MySpace supprime les profils de 29’000 “délinquants sexuels”

Il y a quelques jours, on a attiré mon attention sur cet article de la BBC, qui rapporte que le site MySpace (une sorte de super-Skyblog d’origine américaine) a supprimé de son site les profils de 29’000 “délinquants sexuels” (“sex … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, Media, My corner of the world | Tagged adolescents, Citations, Digital Youth, enfants, Essay-Like, fear, internet, Media, médias, myspace, Online Culture, paranoia, pédophiles, prédateurs, predators, prevention, réaction, risque, securité, security, suisse romande, Wanted | 4 Comments

Parents, Teenagers, Internet, Predators, Fear…

[fr]Conseils aux parents (après mon interview à la BBC ce soir au sujet des “sex offenders” bannis de MySpace): pas de panique, les prédateurs sexuels tels que nous les présentent les médias ne sont pas légion, votre enfant ne court … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, Social Media and the Web | Tagged advice, anastasiagoodstein, bbc, children, ciao.ch, Cyberspace, Digital Youth, Education, Essay-Like, fear, internet, Media, myspace, offline, online, Online Culture, panic, paranoia, parents, predators, Press, Psychology / Sociology, schools, security, Social Software, socialnetworks, talks, teenagers, teens | 14 Comments

MySpace Banning Sex Offenders: Online Predator Paranoia

Update: If you’re a parent looking for advice, you’ll probably find my next post more interesting. MySpace has removed profiles of 29’000 registered sex offenders from their site. In a statement, MySpace said: “We’re pleased that we’ve successfully identified and … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, Technology | Tagged children, Citations, Cyberspace, Digital Youth, Education, Essay-Like, fear, Media, meganslaw, myspace, offenders, online, Online Culture, paranoia, Politics / World News, predators, Psychology / Sociology, registry, Research, safety, sex, sexoffenders, sexualpredators, Technology, teenagers, teens | 43 Comments

Notes From San Francisco

[fr]Quelques nouvelles de San Francisco, où je passe un bon moment. On me demande si je compte y déménager, mais franchement, pour le moment, vraiment pas. Trop de choses ici me font froid dans le dos. Côté boulot, je regarde … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, Language Geekiness, Livre, Social Media and the Web, Travels, Understanding life and the world, Wordpress | Tagged book, Consulting, consumerism, Coworking, digital youth, google, immigration, internet, Languages / Linguistics, Livre, maintenance, My work, Online Culture, photography, Pieces of Me, sanfrancisco, Social Software, supernova2007, switzerland, Thinking, Thoughts, tourism, Travels, usa, Wanted, Wordpress | 8 Comments