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5/14/13
Q&A: Howard Rheingold on Using Technology to Take Learning into Our Own Hands
Critic and educator Howard Rheingold is author of Virtual Reality, The Virtual Community, Smart Mobs, and Net Smart. As he puts it he’s been “on the Web since the beginning, and long before.” This is the first in a series of conversations with thought leaders on digital media and learning, then and now.8/31/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
For the Oh Family, Back to School Involves Changing Time Zones - and Planets
Getting on a school schedule can be a tough adjustment for any kid. But what if you’ve spent the past month living on Mars time?8/09/12
In Pittsburgh, A Modern-Day Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
How gamers, roboticists, technologists, and designers are working alongside educators in Pittsburgh to inspire new kinds of learning in and outside of school. We visit innovators at the city’s regional learning network that focuses on kids and creativity8/08/12
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Kelsey Herron
Maker Spaces in Libraries?
Maker spaces —workshop areas that encourage tinkering and creating—and other interactive community spaces have been popping up in unexpected places.8/07/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Learning Inside and Outside the Classroom
S. Craig Watkins implements connected learning principles on a digital media project with high school students; Howard Rheingold talks with Alec Couros about making learning visible; and Caine Monroy turns 10 with a celebration at his DIY cardboard arcade.8/06/12
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Sarah Jackson
YOUmedia Toolkit Now Available
A new toolkit now makes it easier to plan, build and sustain a digital learning lab in your school, library or museum space.8/01/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Covering the London Olympics as a Student Journalist
College students are reporting from London, tweeting, blogging and producing audio and video segments about the Olympics for school-sponsored media and professional news outlets. It’s an opportunity to work as a backpack journalist, traveling with the latest multimedia tools.7/27/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Craftsmanship is Dead. Long Live Maker Culture.
Journalist and author Louis Uchitelle laments the decline of American craftsmanship along with its cultural influence. Here’s why a visit with DIY makers in Detroit or a spin through Caine’s Arcade (with a fun pass, of course) might change his opinion about the future of manufacturing and the American self-image.7/23/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Universities Move Quickly to Embrace MOOCs, Course Credit is More Complicated
As more universities join Coursera, still unknown is the effect on higher education itself—including whether students will eventually receive credit or accreditation that satisfies employers and their own educational needs without driving up the costs of MOOCs to the point where they, too, become financially out of reach.7/19/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Putting Youth Voices Front and Center Online
Digital communication has greatly expanded and influenced writing styles and, by extension, classroom writing assignments. One of the earliest projects to take advantage of this shift is Youth Voices, which engages students around personal interests and inquiry-based research.7/18/12
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Kelsey Herron
In San Francisco, Teens Redesign the Library
With the help of local high school students, the San Francisco Main Library is redesigning its teen space, with digital technology at the center.7/16/12
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Sarah Jackson
Bored with Summer? Attend Maker Camp for Teens on Google+
Make magazine’s virtual camp for teens starts today, presenting 30 projects in 30 days with instructions, rocket launches, online hangouts, and virtual camp counselors. Don’t miss it.7/11/12
YOUmedia Expansions Offer Teens Student-Centered Learning Opportunities with Digital Media
At YOUmedia at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago, kids explore, express and create using digital media, and then hook what they learn there back into the classroom. The idea is spreading. As Heather Chaplin reports, YOUmedia spaces are popping up at community centers, museums and libraries around the country.6/25/12
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Sarah Jackson
Mozilla Kicks Off The Summer Code Party
This weekend the Mozilla Foundation began its Summer Code Party with a bang, holding more than 125 events all over the world to teach people how to make things for the web.6/22/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
