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Article: United States : Teens Mix Business Creativity with Web Technology.
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- August 6, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
High school students at School of Management this summer vanquished the stereotype that teenagers use the Internet only for socializing and entertainment.
A group of 18 local teens put blogs, social networks, Twitter, video sharing, virtual worlds, wikis and more to work at Web 2.0 Summer Camp. They spent a week exploring creative ways to apply the latest in information technology to business issues re-imagined as entrepreneurial opportunities.
The driving idea, according to camp director and faculty member Dr. Mark Thouin, was to show participants a problem-solving methodology to address such problems as how to help ...