A presentation prepared for the NYATEP Youth Academy in February 2008 to introduce how to serve youth in workforce development programs with new Web 2.0 applications.

1. Strategies to Connect, Communicate and Collaborate with Youth in the Digital Age 2008 Youth Academy February 26, 2008

4. YouTube: The Moral Compass of the Internet Age A Dunkin Donuts clerk, Dustin Hoffman ( not the actor ), foiled a robbery attempt. When asked what was going through his mind, he said he wondered what the robbery would look like on YouTube.

8. Language of Web 2.0 In the interest of full disclosure I do not actually own a red scarf or black sling back shoes as worn by my Avatar. Podcast Avatar Blog RSS Feed Widget Wiki

9. Connecting in the Digital Age

10. Communicating in the Digital Age http://www.employeeevolution.com/ http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/ http://newlycorporate.com/about/ http://www.pursuethepassion.com/

11. More Communicating in the Digital Age

12. Collaborating in the Digital Age This video was created by an professor and 200 students enrolled in ANTH 200: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, Spring 2007. It began as a brainstorming exercise, thinking about how students learn, what they need to learn for their future, and how our current educational system fits in.

13. More Collaborating in the Digital Age

17. "If it’s on the Internet, it must be true." 14 year-old Zack: " I'm working on a history paper about how the Holocaust never happened." Long pause. "Zack, where did you hear that the Holocaust didn't happen?” Zack: "The Internet. It's on a Web page at Northwestern University."