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7/07/10
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Christine Cupaiuolo
You Say We Need a Revolution: The New Digital Literacy Consensus
Achieving a digitally literate populus will take more than cheering on innovative teachers that make the effort to bring emerging technologies into the classroom. A consensus is emerging that we need a systematic “revolution” in the way we deliver information and structure education.7/07/10
By Josh Karp
Theft or Tribute? Copyright Butts Heads With Online Habits
Members of today’s “YouTube generation” have been sharing files and downloading media for free since practically the day they were born. How does their view of remix and copyright conflict with today’s intellectual property law? Spotlight talks with attorney Jaime Wolf and with Joi Ito, CEO of Creative Commons, about the movement for greater latitude in reuse and remix, and forging a “third way” for future copyright.7/07/10
By Josh Karp
Remixing as a Classroom Strategy
Today’s students are remixing music, video, text, software and other media with their original work to make it their own. Josh Karp visits a classroom in Chicago to understand how educators are using remixing as tool for learning to teach collaboration, systems thinking and media literacy and why remixing is not plagiarism.7/02/10
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Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Jessica Parker on Learning in the 21st Century
Plus: New Pew survey on the future of social media; the latest on ebooks and other tech trends; United Nations releases new apps; 3-D printers and related curriculum make the grade; and, for when you’re feeling restless this summer, dozens of professional development resources and new tools ...6/09/10
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Sarah Jackson
Education Not Scare Tactics Will Help Protect Kids Online
Authors of “Youth Safety on a Living Internet” (PDF), the final report by the federal Online Safety and Technology Working Group, say the best thing educators and parents can do to keep kids safe online is to focus on building media literacy and promoting digital citizenship.6/02/10
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Sarah Jackson
Who Says Young People Don’t Care about Online Privacy?
A new study shows young adults have become quite savvy about managing their online reputations.6/01/10
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Beyond New Literacies: Journal Issue Looks at New Perspectives, Tensions
Digital Culture & Education, an international peer-reviewed journal, has just published a new special themed issue, “Beyond ‘New’ Literacies.”5/17/10
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Happy Birthday to YouTube - And Everyone On It
YouTube turns 5 and celebrates with (what else?) a video overview of the history and highlights and a new channel celebrating its users.5/11/10
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Sarah Jackson
Helping Teachers Teach Tech-Savvy Kids
“Teaching Tech-Savvy Kids: Bringing Digital Media into the Classroom, Grades 5-12” aims to help teachers understand young people’s new digital lives and think about how to integrate new media tools and pedagogies into their classrooms.4/28/10
By Ben Wolff
Beyond Shakespeare and Grammar: Engaging the Language of Technology
How can educators use social media tools to help students develop traditional and digital media literacies? Spotlight talks with professors at Huston-Tillotson University about their work engaging students with social media tools.4/27/10
By Ben Wolff
Self-Narration in Video Game Design Environments
How can Latino teenagers in Los Angeles re-invent Pac-Man? Katynka Martinez, an assistant professor of Raza studies at San Francisco State University, spoke recently at a forum on digital literacy about her research on how teaching game design to young people can help them challenge inaccurate representations of themselves and their communities in dominant media.4/26/10
By Ben Wolff
Digital Literacy in Networked Learning Environments
The United Negro College Fund and the MacArthur Foundation hosted a public forum on digital media and learning in multicultural contexts in March at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin. It was the second in a series of forums taking place around the country.4/21/10
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Sarah Jackson
Henry Jenkins on Boing Boing
Youth Radio’s Elisabeth Soep talks with Henry Jenkins about what schools have to learn from fandom culture, the myth of video game addiction and more.4/15/10
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Common Sense Media Launches New Curriculum Initiative
Common Sense Media has announced the launch of a comprehensive digital literacy and citizenship initiative that “aims to provide educators, parents and kids with the tools necessary to raise a generation of responsible, smart, and safe digital citizens.”4/15/10
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Christine Cupaiuolo
