Blogs,+Wikis,+and+other+ICTs

**Blogs, Wikis, and other** **Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)** This page is dedicated to the various blogs, wikis, and other ICTs on or about teen sex that are available online. Please do not substitute the resources on this page for seeking information and advice on sex from parents, teachers, physicians, and/or mentors.

Blogs

** Pregnant Pause: Getting Bloggy about Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy **  http://blog.thenationalcampaign.org/pregnant_pause/index.php  "By posting some intemperate thoughts about sex, love, relationships, pregnancy, childbearing, the media, public policy, our dogs, and other topics, we hope to spark, engender, provoke, stimulate--take your pick--a two-way discussion about the high level of fertility chaos in the United States. We hope to discover innovative ideas on how best to bring down the high rates of teen and unplanned pregnancy in this country. We hope to further develop a national movement on these issues. Who knows, from time to time, we might even offer up a few cogent thoughts that will be helpful".

 (2008, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy)

 **Beyond the Birds & the Bees**  **Sex Education for the Next Generation Blog**    http://www.sexetc.org/blog/  The blog of the website Sex, Etc. "Sex Education By Teens, For Teens!"  (2011, About, Rutgers University)

**Advocates For Youth Blogs **  "Established in 1980 as the Center for Population Options, Advocates for Youth champions efforts that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health"

(2008, Advocates for Youth)

Advocates' Blog <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/blogs/advocates-blog <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> In the Culture Blog <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/blogs/in-the-culture <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> Recent Research Blog <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/blogs/recent-research <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> The Birds and the Bees Blog <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/blogs/the-birds-and-the-bees <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> Youth Takes Charge Blog  http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/blogs/youth-take-charge

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">** It's Your Sex Life Blog ** <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">http://www.itsyoursexlife.com/gyt/blog/ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">** "Itsyoursexlife.com is the official website of MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Emmy Award winning It’s Your (Sex) Life public information campaign. Sex can be one of life’s most fulfilling experiences. But whether or not you’re sexually active, there is information you should have to help you set your own boundaries and make your own choices about sexual activity" ** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">** (2011 MTV Networks) **

<span style="background-color: #000080; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">Wikis



<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">__womensstudiesjmu-Sex Education Wik__i <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Sex education varies between two concepts of teaching: comprehensive and abstinence-only approaches. There is a debate that argues one method being more effective in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases than the other. This applies to both methods. There are benefits of each mehod, but also a downfall for each method. Our goal is to educate people on the pros and cons of both, comprehensive and abstinence-only sex education" (Alysia07, 2008). <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"> http://womensstudiesjmu.wikispaces.com/Sex+Education,+by+Megan+Bernius+and+Brittany+Lussier

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">sexual-communication-Sex Wiki __ <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"This wikispace is a collaborative project of over three hundred and fifty undergraduate students at the University of Illinois who are enrolled in CMN 368: Sexual Communication. This wiki acts as a service learning project. By contributing, all of the students in "Sexual Communication" are applying their research and knowledge to their wiki entries, providing useful sexual information for others to learn about a myriad of sexually-related topics" (sexwiki, 2011). <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">http://sexual-communication.wikispaces.com/

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">comm426sexed-Sex Education Wiki __ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> "The goal of our project was to educate others about the importance of having sex education in a curriculum and not just an abstinence only program. We want to go beyond abstinence, condoms and contraception. We want to create a safe and comfortable space where people can engage in dialogue about sex - in all its complexities" (Taratastic, 2009). <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> http://comm426sexed.wikispaces.com/

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">risky-business-Sex and Pregnancy Wiki __ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">A youth-made Wikispace about the risks associated with the decision to have sex. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> http://risky-business.wikispaces.com/Sex+and+Pregnancy

<span style="background-color: #000080; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">Other Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Sex.Really. Podcasts on //The Show// ** <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">http://sexreally.com/the-show <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> "SexReally.com is a site for 20-somethings focused on relationships, love, sex, and all the messy, wonderful stuff that goes along with those topics. Sponsored by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, the site is a place where people can tell stories, discuss relationships, and learn more about making wiser, healthier decisions, including the decision to steer clear of unplanned pregnancy" <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> (Sex.Really. http://sexreally.com/about-us)