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Anastasia Goodstein is the founder and editor of Ypulse, a media platform for youth media and marketing professionals. You can see her speak at What Teens & Tweens Want In A Web Site / Application on Sat, Mar 14.

I’m starting to get excited about this year’s pilgrimage to SXSW Interactive (it will be my fourth year attending and speaking). I know the panel picking process is very competitive so I feel honored to have been chosen to reprise the What Teens & Tweens Want In A Web Site / Application panel, which will happen Saturday evening at 5 p.m. For those of you who were not at SXSW last year or missed my recap, the session involves me moderating a panel of Austin teens/tweens ages 13 through 18 in a focused discussion about how they are using technology right now. There is video of last year’s panel, but you have to scroll through to find it.

It’s also cool because the kind folks at SXSW give these teens day passes so that they can walk the expo floor and check out (the always popular) ScreenBurn area. Big thank you to the very cool women at OneSeventeen Media for recruiting the tween/teen panelists.

While we’re not having an official Ypulse evening event this year, I am organizing dinner/drinks for folks in the youth space who want to get together after the panel. We will be meeting for food/drinks (separate checks) at Threadgill’s at 6:30 p.m. after my panel Saturday, March 14th. Please RSVP if you plan to join us (we have a reservation for 25 right now).

In my desire to highlight all things “Youthy” at Interactive, I’m going to list some of the other sessions that caught my eye.

Panels/Talks

A Brief History of Growing Up Online (add to your SCHED*)

(Maria Diaz, Writer)

Comedy on Television and the Web (add to your SCHED*)

(Ricky Van Veen, CollegeHumor.com)

Is Privacy Dead or Just Very Confused? (SCHED*)

(danah boyd, danah.org) [while not explicitly youth-centric, if danah’s organizing, I’m sure teens will be discussed!]

Blackboards or Backchannels: The Techno-Induced Classroom of Tomorrow (SCHED*)

(Alex Leavitt, Boston University)

Edupunk: Open Source Education (SCHED*)

(Dave Lester, George Mason University)

Henry Jenkins Presentation

(Henry Jenkins, henryjenkins.org) [couldn’t find the description, but Henry’s work on fan culture and new media literacy is definitely youth-centric]

Core Conversations

Playing to Learn - Educating Kids Through Gaming (add to SCHED*)

(Divinia Knowles, Mind Candy Ltd)

Sex Ed Online: How Teens Self Savvy (SCHED*)

(Karen Kreps, Net Ingenuity Publishing)

Why Gen Y Won’t Friend Your Brand (SCHED)

(Jesse Pickard, Avenue A | Razorfish)

Are Virtual Worlds a Refuge from the Recession? (SCHED*)

(Lauren Bigelow, WeeWorld)