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Why Do We Socialize Online? Four Theories
By Dino Sossi, Updated November 25, 2020 https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2019/01/02/why-do-we-socialize-online-4-theories/ Figure #1 – If you can’t make it for cocktails, I’ll see you on Facebook (Senior & Co., n.d.) The number of people online is staggering. It was estimated that there are … Continue reading
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The Tragedy of Tyler Clementi
By Dino Sossi https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/the-tragedy-of-tyler-clementi/ Tyler Clementi was, in many ways, a typical teenager. Figure #1 – Tyler Clementi (CBS News, 2010) Raised in small town New Jersey, Tyler dreamed of going to college. He was accepted into Rutger’s University, a … Continue reading
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Identity in Gaming: Growth, Empowerment, and Exploration
By Dino Sossi https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/identity-in-gaming/ Figure #1 – Identity in Gaming event poster (Sossi, 2016) These are the raw notes from the Identity in Gaming panel discussion at Columbia University’s Teachers College. Participants: Naomi Clark (NC)—NYU Tisch School of the Arts … Continue reading
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How We Talk: The Price That Our Devices Exact (Graphic)
By Dino Sossi https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2015/10/15/how-we-talk-infographic/ Teens texted around 60 times a day in 2012, an increase from around 50 in 2009 (Pew Research Center, 2012). Given our seemingly perpetual engagement with digital devices, those original numbers have likely been dwarfed since … Continue reading
Power of Play–The Promise of Educational Games (Graphic)
By Dino Sossi (updated January 16, 2018) https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/power-of-playthe-promise-of-educational-games-graphic/ The best video games appeal to our love of play. In short, people have an inherent love to play in all of its varied forms. Professor James Paul Gee studies video games … Continue reading
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