Education and Curriculum

OTW Fannews: Fannish expectations

Peter Guttierez wrote in School Library Journal that "[T]here’s probably no single better way to teach online citizenship to young people than through their participation in organized fandom." To him this involved a behavior checklist because "fans must take into account not just the short-term value of making a point or having the last word, but their long-term relationships with their fellow fans." Some of them include "Am I “adding value” through this interaction, either to an individual or to the wider community? Or am I making this online conversation almost entirely about myself?" and "Am I considerate of others’ privacy and safety?"

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OTW Fannews: Authors talk fanfic and fandoms

The Salt Lake Tribune talked fanfiction misconceptions with newly published author Christina Hobbs, who says it's a mistake to think "[t]hat there’s a specific type of people who read and write fan fiction — scientists, business professionals, teachers and people who are well-educated to people who haven’t gone to college are all part of it. It’s not just women. It’s not just men. It’s not a certain age group. You have this huge group of people who want to write and read for others, and that’s what’s so amazing about it."

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Introducing Fanhackers, a directory of informative things about fans

The Journal committee is proud to announce that Fanhackers, the shinier and more experimental new incarnation of the Symposium blog, is now open for business!

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Fanhackers is a place for fans, academics, activists, and anyone else with an interest in info on fans to share and discover new ideas. It's is a group blog where you can do the following things:

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Links roundup for 18 August 2012

Here's a roundup of stories explaining fandom that might be of interest to fans:

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Links roundup for 23 March 2012

Here's a roundup of stories on education and fandom that might be of interest to fans:

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Links roundup for 20 February 2012

Here's a roundup of "fandom everywhere" stories that might be of interest to fans:

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Links Roundup for 16 December 2011

Here's a roundup of stories on the age of fan fiction that might be of interest to fans:

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Links Roundup for 26 October 2011

Here's a roundup of stories on women in fandom that might be of interest to fans:

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Links Roundup for 30 September 2011

Here's a roundup of stories on fandom practices stretching beyond fannish spaces that might be of interest to fans:

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Call for Fair Use Curriculum Development Team Members

So how many teens in the United States do you think are familiar with the concept of fair use? How many are exposed instead solely to the message that copyright infringement is always a crime? Between warnings on DVDs, television PSAs, movie theater anti-piracy ads, and print advertising, kids are usually pretty familiar with a vague idea that copyright is that law that means you can't copy stuff, and that in particular, any commercially produced entertainment or cultural property is sacrosanct.

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