http://youngandthewireless.com/immigration-nation El Mirage Represents Immigration Nation Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:20:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Woe unto you if you ever decide to set up a video camera in a room full of kids under 15-years-old. Even kids who you thought were serious, thoughtful, and otherwise no-nonsense will instantly become the biggest goofs you've ever laid eyes upon. That's what happened when I decided to ... http://youngandthewireless.com/immigration-nation/2009/06/29/7-kids-1-laptop-2-hours-of-tape/ I asked each member of the Miguel family to choose the one item they couldn't live without, and then I asked them why they chose what they chose. The ultimate format of this piece will change, but this is a preview. -Brad Horn http://youngandthewireless.com/immigration-nation/2009/06/25/one-thing-preview/ If you were moving to the United States--to, say, Arizona--from a developing country--from, say, Mexico--what do you think you'd notice first about your new home? This has nothing to do with technology. It's just interesting. When 16-year-old Luis Ruiz moved here from Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico five years ago this is ... http://youngandthewireless.com/immigration-nation/2009/06/18/appropriate-technology-part-ii/ Here at the midway point of this youthful and technological undertaking I think all of us in the Syracuse crew could use a good, unrestrained fit of dancing. Now, if this were my blog, I would post a clip of what's considered the greatest Grateful Dead show of all time. ... http://youngandthewireless.com/immigration-nation/2009/06/17/one-for-the-spinners/ Melissa and I spent most of yesterday in and around the Grand Canyon. It was an international smorgasbord and we figured the splendid natural backdrop would be an interesting place to ask about human-made creations. And we think we were right. It also made me very happy we're doing our ... http://youngandthewireless.com/immigration-nation/2009/06/16/red-earth-upside-down-mountain/ I'm a Catholic school girl. Yes, laugh all you want. Make all the jokes. I went to Catholic school for 12 years of my life. But after coming to college, going to church every Sunday fell down my list of priorities. Instead, I've used Sundays to sleep in, ... http://youngandthewireless.com/immigration-nation/2009/06/16/beyond-languages/ Paul Atkinson over at KJZZ (Phoenix NPR affiliate) aired a story on us this morning on Weekend Edition. We talked with him after an only an hour of being in Arizona. Our day went something like this: wake up at 5-something a.m......jump on plane......sleep......jump on another plane......sleep for a long ... http://youngandthewireless.com/immigration-nation/2009/06/14/65/ I know, I know. It's been a few days.  Like the rest of the teams scattered throughout the U.S., over here in El Mirage, we too have had to deal with dead ends, slow days, and false promises of returning a call.  Maybe it's the sun that has sucked the energy ... http://youngandthewireless.com/immigration-nation/2009/06/13/finally-an-update/ For day three Brad and I spent most of our time at the El Mirage Community Center, where we shot some interviews with young kids, asking them the simple, yet complicated question: How would you use technology to change the world? Some understood it, others definitely did not. It's ... http://youngandthewireless.com/immigration-nation/2009/06/11/one-question-el-mirage/ Greetings El Mirage! Brad and I safely arrived in Arizona today, although Brad's baggage did get lost somewhere along our travels.  We didn't waste any time once we rented our little cube of a rental car.  No, literally.  It's shaped like a cube.  There's also a mysterious, fuzzy mat on the ... http://youngandthewireless.com/immigration-nation/2009/06/09/day-one/