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Study Recommends Online Gaming, Social Networking For Kids (Slashdot)

Blue's News pointed out a report about a study sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation which found that online gaming and social networking are beneficial to children, teaching them basic technical skills and how to communicate in the Information Age. The study was conducted over a period of three years, with researchers interviewing hundreds of children and monitoring thousands of hours of online ...

Apple Pins Its Hopes on Gaming (1up.com)

Back when I was in college -- way back in early 1997, I'm afraid -- I wrote a well-reasoned letter to the online arm of Ultra Game Players magazine in defense of Nintendo, whose star was starting to take on a distinct tinge of tarnish among the nascent online hardcore gaming fanbase. The N64's strong launch had deteriorated into the likes of Yoshi's Story , with little but Star Fox ...

Real life found in youngsters' digitized universe (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Chill out, parents: your podcasting, Wii-gaming, YouTube-uploading children are not becoming socially awkward, violence-prone loners, but are actually busy learning critical developmental, social and educational skills -- in ways you may not appreciate or understand.

Students Get a Handle on Cyberbullying (Darien News-Review)

In a technology-driven world, students are facing a new form of bullying that can reach beyond the playground. This type of harassment, called cyberbullying, can be extremely damaging, especially since it can be seen by hundreds of people.

National Geographic getting into computer games (Otago Daily Times)

National Geographic, best known for its yellow-framed magazine and often breathtaking nature shows, is getting into video games.