NY Times; Cameras Help Teenagers Look Beyond Bitter Conflicts
June 12, 2008
By JOEL GREENBERG. Looking squarely into the camera, Amer Kamal, a Palestinian teenager from East Jerusalem, delivers a message to his Israeli friend, Yaron Avni, who will soon be drafted into the Israeli Army. Read more
My So-Called Digital Life: 2,000 Teenagers, 300 Cameras, and 30 Days to Document Their World
June 12, 2008
What Do Teenagers Have to Say About Their Lives in the 21st Century? My So-Called Digital Life is the result of a unique project created by Bob Pletka, technology director for the Covina-Valley Unified School District in Southern California. Pletka instituted a program in which 2,000 high school and middle school students from throughout the state of California-including inner-city, suburban, and rural areas-were given digital cameras and one month to capture their day-to-day life experiences. Read more
