This is my week for having colleagues provide great references!  Today Sarah Cowell shared the following article with me, it is a great perspective on social media by a technologist who has a 15 year old sister.  Check it out at Tenth Grade Technology Trends

At the same time, the Pew Institute recently released its latest data on teens and social media, with some interesting commentary on Twitter in particular. Here’s their report on teens and social media use.  See below for their Twitter chart.