RESOURCES
As there is no textbook for this course, we will be heavily reliant on alternative resources. Linked below are the readings, videos, and tools that we will be using for the course. It will be updated as we go along, so enjoy (and feel free to send me items to add).
Introduction Resources
Abstract for "Grown Up Digital" by Don Tapscott (someone else read the book and gives you a great overview of the contents)
"Millennials Study Captures Snapshot of Young America" from PBSNewsHour (Please note, although they stop the group at 18 in 2010, the technical definition does include you - the next group starts at 2001)
"Cuspers and Micro-Generations" a blog entry from Nancy Salamone about what it means to be in-between generations (which you are)
"Generation C: The Emergence of Micro-Generations" by Raymond Morin about the theory of micro-generations
"Children, Teens, Families, and Mass Media : The Millennial Generation" by Rose Kundanis (PDF of the whole book)
HOYL: Introduction
HOYL: Introduction
Why Are Generations So Different?
Millennials Study Captures Snapshot of Young America
TEDxSF - Scott Hess - Millennials: Who They Are & Why We Hate Them
Introduction Resources
Abstract for "Grown Up Digital" by Don Tapscott (someone else read the book and gives you a great overview of the contents)
"Millennials Study Captures Snapshot of Young America" from PBSNewsHour (Please note, although they stop the group at 18 in 2010, the technical definition does include you - the next group starts at 2001)
"Cuspers and Micro-Generations" a blog entry from Nancy Salamone about what it means to be in-between generations (which you are)
"Generation C: The Emergence of Micro-Generations" by Raymond Morin about the theory of micro-generations
"Children, Teens, Families, and Mass Media : The Millennial Generation" by Rose Kundanis (PDF of the whole book)
HOYL: Introduction
HOYL: Introduction
Why Are Generations So Different?
Millennials Study Captures Snapshot of Young America
TEDxSF - Scott Hess - Millennials: Who They Are & Why We Hate Them
Birth to Pre-K Resources
"Monochrome Memories: Nostalgia and Style in 1990s America" Thesis by Paul Grainge (2000).
"Digital Nation" a PBS Frontline special
"Transnational Terrorism in a Post-Cold War Era" Thesis by Walter Enders and Todd Sandler (1999).
"The Archaeology of Childhood" by Güner Coskunsu
HOYL: Birth to Pre-K
HOYL: Birth to Pre-K
The Growth of Knowledge: Crash Course Psychology #18
What a Japanese Childcare Centre is Like
Piaget's Stages of Development
Elementary School Resources
HOYL: Elementary
HOYL: Elementary
Japan's independent kids | SBS The Feed
Proficiency vs. Growth and all that stuff...
Kindergarten Lunchroom Duty...
"Monochrome Memories: Nostalgia and Style in 1990s America" Thesis by Paul Grainge (2000).
"Digital Nation" a PBS Frontline special
"Transnational Terrorism in a Post-Cold War Era" Thesis by Walter Enders and Todd Sandler (1999).
"The Archaeology of Childhood" by Güner Coskunsu
Middle School Resources
"Are Americans Getting Smarter?" Yahoo News story (2013)
"The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)" by Stephen Jay Gould (1996)
"Intelligence: How Smart Are You?" (Documentary)
HOYL: Middle School
HOYL: Middle School
Parents Upset Over New Nintendo Console - Super Nintendo - Circa 1991
Ze Frank's web playroom
Gaming can make a better world | Jane McGonigal
High School Resources
"Whatever Happened to the Jock, the Brain, and the Princess? Young Adult Pathways Linked to Adolescent Activity Involvement and Social Identity" by Barber, Eccles, and Stone (2001)
"The Tone of Life on Social Networking Sites" from Pew Research Center (2012)
"TV Personality vs. Twitter Trolls" Story out of Australia about exposing Trolls using Twitter (2013)
HOYL: High School
HOYL: High School
Adolescence: Crash Course Psychology #20
How social media can make history - Clay Shirky
Johanna Blakley: Social media and the end of gender
The Future... Resources
HOYL: Future
HOYL: Future
