Ten Ton Hamster

Reported by Virtual Worlds News:

Childnet International's 's digital literacy and citizenship site, Digizen, released a new report on "Young People and Social Networking Services" for educators. The report looks at how social services, including virtual worlds, are currently being used and can be used by young people for formal and informal education. There's not a lot of new information, but after skimming through the 37-page report, I'd say it looks like a great overview for educators wanting to involve their students in social media. Interestingly, for me it brings together the idea of virtual worlds as an enterprise collaboration and training tool and the idea that children are using virtual worlds to rehearse new social skills and identities.

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