The podcast from “Meeting Web Kids on Their Own Turf: Expanding Online Social Spaces for Scholarship,” is available from:

http://nsdl.comm.nsdl.org/meeting/archives/2006/podcast.rss

http://nsdl.comm.nsdl.org/meeting/archives/2006/podcast.html

The Web Kids Panel discussion that took place during the National Science Digital Library’s Annual Meeting at AAAS in Washington, D.C., continues to spawn comments in this blog. The challenges and educational potential of “social media” such as group gaming, MySpace, and instant messaging are on the minds of many people who are exploring ways to engage students of all ages online. This blog includes back-up material submitted by panelists Jennifer Groff and Eric Rosenberg of MIT’s Education Arcade, and Julie Evans of NetDay/Project Tomorrow. NSF liason Dave MacArthur, Mike Luby, Carol Minton Morris, and others have also contributed comments. Please add your thoughts here.