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Bringing Society to Cyberspace
Katie Dean

Creating new communities in cyberspace can help kids learn history in their own, real-world community. That was the message from Amy Bruckman at the annual PopTech conference this weekend. Bruckman, an assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, created an online project that pairs kids with seniors who participated in the Civil Rights movement. "History is about people and people's lives," Bruckman said. "It's not a parade of names of battles and dead white men. "Learning history from people who really lived it makes it more real for the students." Bruckman shared the stage with Smart Mobs author Howard Rheingold, to address the topic of "New Human Societies in Cyberspace," part of the "Artificial Worlds" theme of the conference.


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