Ypulse Essentials: Digital Dating Abuse, 'Heroes' On Habbo, Green Lesson Plans
Posted by meredith on 01-27-2009
Raising awareness for digital dating abuse (The New York Times takes a look at how different organizations — including thatsnotcool.com, a site we've mentioned before — are combating the unfortunately growing trend) (The New York Times, reg. required)
- 'Strange girls' (a horror movie archetype — think "Carrie"'– is dissected in this review of "The Uninvited") (New York Times, reg. required)
- 'The CollegeHumor Show' (is taking some serious work from its creators. Also, fans of "Gilmore Girls" may want to hold their breath after all. Lauren Graham hints that a movie may be in the works) (New TeeVee)
(Entertainment Weekly)
- NBC introduces a new 'Heroes' character on Habbo (the character will live in both Habbo's virtual world as well as on "Heroes'" interactive "Evolutions" site. Plus 200+ youth-oriented virtual worlds are live or developing now) (Virtual World News)
- Don Tapscott on net@net (the author of "Grown Up Digital" and the keynote speaker (!) at our Youth Marketing Mashup Event in June talks technology trends on twit.tv. And check out the Gen Y Hospitality report from Greg Rollett at Endagon)
- Why millennials won't give into Twitter (according to one twentysomething) (Ad Age, reg. required)
- A greener lesson plan (Kids in over 700 schools nationwide are getting lessons in sustainability in honor of the first National Green Week. Also online games to help kids improve their math skills) (USA Today) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Who needs textbooks? (one UK university experimenting with putting lesson plans on iPods. Also is the funny business in trouble, too? Mad Magazine goes quarterly) (Iconoculture) (Newsarama)
- The high-tech secrets to Obama's success (case study on Obama's use of social media from Edelman)
- Oprah tackles overeating in teens (and what really drives their hunger) (Jezebel)
Categorized under: Ypulse Essentials
January 27th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
The NY Times article by STEPHANIE CLIFFORD on "dating violence" is absurd.
It puts teenage girls sending nude photos of themselves to teenage boys into the category of violence.
The real abuser in that case is the prosecutor in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, who is ruining their lives for nothing.