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Insurge Pictures: Using Social Media to Engage Millennial Moviegoers in the Filmmaking Process

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
March 11, 2010 at 3:35 pm
After effectively abandoning specialty films, Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures is expected to officially unveil a new division for micro-budget movies today. Dubbed Insurge ... (more)

Trend Watch: Millennials and The Art of “Flirtexting”

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
March 11, 2010 at 2:37 pm
flirtexting: The art of cell phone, Blackberry, or Gchat flirting, typically involving a new prospect. Short and sweet, slight innuendo, and rendez-vous invitations characterize ... (more)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science | Media Literacy Lesson Plan

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
March 11, 2010 at 12:47 am
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (AMPAS), in cooperation with Young Minds Inspired, produces a series of teacher’s guides that explore the art and science of motion ... (more)

LIVE: Alliance for Youth Movements Summit 2010

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
March 9, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Alliance for Youth Movements (AYM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, connecting, and supporting digital activists from around the world. AYM hosts annual conferences, ... (more)

tvChatter iPhone Application Helps TV Get Social

From
March 6, 2010 at 7:25 pm

tvChatter is a free social television application for the iPhone and iPod touch that presents real time Twitter-fueled commentary about your favorite TV
shows.

Watch your show

... (more)

‘No Phone Zone’ Lesson Plan: Teaching Teens the Dangers of Texting & Driving

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
March 6, 2010 at 3:47 pm
The "No Phone Zone" lesson plan will educate students on the dangers associated with distracted driving (texting while driving, talking on the phone while driving). ... (more)

Trend Watch: Conan O’Brien Live Tour

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
March 5, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Conan O'Brien and his crew will begin their cross-country (and possibly global) comedy tour sometime in April, starting with stops in the Pacific Northwest. It'll then ... (more)

Weekly Wrap: Microsoft Courier, Conan vs. Leno (again), Simon Fuller’s Social TV Experiment, Content Strategy, Teen Brain, Cybertots, 39% in USA Don’t Use Internet & More!

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
March 5, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Microsoft's Courier 'digital journal': We're told Courier will function as a "digital journal," and it's designed to be seriously portable: it's ... (more)

‘The Daily Show’ Pulled From Hulu, Millennials Robbed of Their Most Trusted News Anchor

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
March 4, 2010 at 2:52 am
Hulu, the popular video streaming service that may or may not be charging sometime soon, will suffer a major blow to their content database next week. Unable to reach a deal ... (more)

Trend Watch: China’s Most Popular Social Network for Teens

From
March 2, 2010 at 1:33 am

Where do China's 500 million
Millennials hang out online? Facebook? MySpace? Twitter? Nope.

For Chinese youth, it's all about 360quan.com!(EN)

The popular social

... (more)

Call for Participation: The Shortie Awards: Student Film and News Festival

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 28, 2010 at 8:32 pm
via www.shortie.org The Shortie Awards: Film & News Festival is the premiere film festival for students ages 7 to 18 and their teachers! Established in 2001, The Shortie ... (more)

DML 2010: Four Things Youth Marketers Can Learn About Youth & Digital Media

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 26, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Today I've published a guest post over on Ypulse and shared some of my thoughts on the 2010 Digital Media & Learning Conference (DML) which was held last week at the University ... (more)

Global Youth: For Kenyan children, a small act has a huge impact

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 25, 2010 at 2:56 am
Jennifer Arnold's highly acclaimed documentary, A Small Act, tells the story of Chris Mburu, a Kenyan man whose early education was sponsored by Hilde Back--a woman from ... (more)

Pew Research: The Millennials | Confident. Connected. Open to Change.

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 24, 2010 at 2:14 pm
This is part of a Pew Research Center series of reports exploring the behaviors, values and opinions of the teens and twenty-somethings that make up the Millennial Generation. ... (more)

Trend Watch: I Kissed A Vampire, the Musical

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 23, 2010 at 5:38 pm
What do you get when you take one part High School Musical, one part Twilight, throw in a dash of Dr. Horrible, mix it up and throw it on YouTube? The first ever Vampire musical ... (more)

Call for ideas: Harvard and FutureGov research into Frontiers of Service in a Networked World

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 22, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Big hat tip to Dominic Campbell for the heads-up on this project: FutureGov, a consultancy-cum-social innovation incubator helping to shape the future of government, is working ... (more)

Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 22, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out was written as a collaborative effort by members of the Digital Youth Project, a three-year research effort funded by the John D. ... (more)

It’s Official: ‘Captian EO’ Returns to Disneyland

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 19, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Image via disneyparks.disney.go.com Here it is, kids! Fresh from the Disney Parks blog, Michael Jackson's 3D space flick 'Captain EO' will be returning to Disneyland ... (more)

Weekly Wrap: Democrats & Millennials, Disney’s “Alice” Goth Party, Vancouver 2010 Social Media Experiment, John Lennon Education Bus, Google Buzz Lawsuit & More!

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 19, 2010 at 7:17 pm
Democrats' Edge Among Millennials Slipping: While the Republican Party picked up support from Millennials during 2009, this age group continues to favor the Democratic Party ... (more)

Jesse James Garrett: The State Of User Experience

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 18, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Jesse James Garrett | UX Week 2009 | Adaptive Path from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.“As the field of user experience grows and evolves, UX practitioners find themselves having to ... (more)

Study: On the Social Web, Age is a Factor

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 16, 2010 at 11:18 pm
How old is the average Twitter or Facebook user? What about all the other social network sites out there, like MySpace, LinkedIn, and so on? How is age distributed across the ... (more)

We’re Just Not That Into You: Gen Y, Brand Marketing & Social Media

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 15, 2010 at 4:02 am
Armando Samuels has written a really great guest post over on Next Great Generation titled, "Hey Brands, Get out of My Social Media Grill." I've swiped a few of my ... (more)

Graham Brown on Building a Youth Brand

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 14, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Customers Are The BrandView more presentations from Graham Brown.Graham Brown, mobileYouth, has put together this presentation to share his most pressing thoughts and insights ... (more)

Trend Watch: ‘Tweet me’ is the new ‘I love you’

From Derek E. Baird :: Barking Robot
February 14, 2010 at 9:39 am
Always eager to be au courant, NECCO continually updates the sentiments that appear on its heart-shaped candies. This year, the New England Confectionery Co., or NECCO, held ... (more)

Jamie Oliver’s TED Talk: How we’re killing our kids with bad food

From
February 13, 2010 at 6:55 pm

“I wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable
movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook
again and empower people everywhere to fight

... (more)