About Digital Youth
'Kids' Informal Learning with Digital Media: An Ethnographic Investigation of Innovative Knowledge Cultures' is a three year collaborative project funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Carried out by researchers at University of Southern California and University of California, Berkeley, the digital youth project explores how kids use digital media in their everyday lives. Read more
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This is a really interesting
This is a really interesting study and I am currently writing a dissertation on a similar subject. I believe as a teacher it is important to ensure that music education in schools begins with the music which the children know. We must eradicate elitism in music and show children that each one of them can contribute to the world of music whether it is by playing the violin or spinning records. I totally agree that music education begins with learning to listen, from this point we can encourage the children to generate questions which will lead to a deeper interest in music.