STAR :: Social and Technological Action Research Group

Tools for electronic recording have become easier to use, less expensive, and more pervasive in recent years. As a result, just when people think they understand a technology enough to react to it – avoiding or embracing it – new technologies are invented and deployed, making it nearly impossible for even the most technologically savvy to keep up.

Youth are faced with complex choices about whether and how to share personal information online and offline. To inform these decisions, students need meaningful experiences with managing personal information and the technologies that are becoming central in everyday life.