There is a need for new technologies and social structures that allow users to work creatively and collaboratively to understand what's happening on their network -- how it is impacting them, and how they are impacting it. This session introduces a cluster of technologies that seek to diagnose and improve PC health and network connectivity and empower users to understand and affect the future of the Internet.
John Palfrey and Urs Gassser explore some of the myths surrounding how young people use new technologies. Does it make sense to talk about a distinctive global culture of young people -- Digital Natives -- who have only known life in a digital age?
Wrapping up a day of presentations, danah boyd, Amanda Lenhart, Janis Wolak, and Michele Ybarra take questions from the attendants of the April 30, 2008 meeting of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force.
