Kellogg Center | Michigan State University
55 South Harrison Ave., East Lansing, MI 48824-1022
Phone: 517.432.4000 Reservations: 800.875.5090
The 2009 MVU Online Learning Symposium will explore how young people are using new media and communication tools to build social networks, create content and learn from their peers. This new environment has significant implications for learning and teaching, and it creates new challenges for students, parents, educators and policy makers.
The conference agenda will provide perspectives on education in the digital age, who today's students are, what they are doing online, the growing disconnect between in-school and out-of-school activities, and the changing roles of young people and adults.
Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project
Rainie will discuss the Pew Internet Project’s latest research findings on students and their world, highlight some of the trends that are developing and share his perspectives on this important research. The Pew Internet & American Life Project is a nonprofit, non-partisan “fact tank” that studies the social impact of the Internet.

Julia Angwin, Columnist and Technology Editor for the Wall Street Journal
Angwin’s presentation, “Media Literacy in the 21st Century,” will focus on the use of social media tools by youth, including personal branding, students’ online identity, new online marketing efforts targeted at teens and young adults and social media literacy skills. Angwin is author of Stealing MySpace, a new book that, according to an Amazon.com review, “chronicles the swift, dramatic rise and deep impact of MySpace.”
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Registration Info
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Date: Wednesday, Dec. 2
Time: Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.; opening keynote at 8:30 a.m.; symposium concludes at 4 p.m.
Cost: $50.00
How to Register: Follow the directions on the 2009 MVU Symposium Registration (PDF) document.
School Board Member Waiver: School district attendees with a paid registration can invite a school board member from the same district to attend at no cost. (Limit of two waivers per school district.)
Symposium Overview presentation from MVU President Jamey Fitzpatrick
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Keynoter Bios
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Lee Rainie
Julia Angwin (PDF)
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Agenda
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