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6/02/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Why Teachers Need Social Media Training, Not Just Rules
New York City’s new social media guidelines for teachers reinforce the need for digital literacy—it’s not enough to impose rules on how not to use social media; teachers should be required to learn how to use social networks and other tools effectively.4/06/12
Welcoming Mobile: More Districts Are Rewriting Acceptable Use Policies, Embracing Smartphones and Social Media in Schools
No longer afraid of giving kids access to the internet and using mobile technologies for learning, a growing number of school districts across the country are developing digital media policies that emphasize responsibility over fear.3/15/12
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Kelsey Herron
Districts, Educators Work to Implement Online Learning Mandates
In Idaho and around the country school districts experiment with new models for online classes.2/06/12
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
A Game Designer At The White House?
The White House Office of Technology Policy has hired its first social scientist-game designer. We can’t wait to see what she comes up with.1/21/12
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Teachable Moments from the SOPA Standoff and Apple’s Education Makeover
In this week’s PLAYBACK, we look at the ramifications of Apple’s iTunes U and and iBooks Author for students and educators, and take a closer look at the protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate. Plus: A world without Wikipedia? Students come to grips, thanks, of course, to librarians.1/13/12
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
PLAYBACK: Pedagogy, Coding and Teaching Kids to Think Deeply
Idaho teachers resist technology push; teens adapt the Xbox to help patients; & why learning to code may be harder than you think, all in this week’s Playback.12/16/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
PLAYBACK: Profits Ahead of Quality in Online Charters?
Virtual schools face criticism on funding, quality and oversight; HASTAC’S Cathy Davidson offers advice to parents and students on how to make better decisions about what constitutes effective online learning; and much more, all in this week’s PLAYBACK…11/20/11
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: “You Can Do Real Things on Computers”
Creating instead of consuming online; “Drama in the Delta” puts players in internment camps; University of Missouri’s new policy on recording lectures; what facial recognition technology has to do with media literacy; and a new degree in digital culture at ASU.11/01/11
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Christine Cupaiuolo
New Study Looks at Facebook and Unintended Effects of Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
A new study on why parents are helping their children get on Facebook before turning 13, the minimum age, notes that COPPA is not an effective solution to protecting children’s privacy and online safety.10/10/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Research Remix?: The Move to Make Remixing an Academic Subject
Remixing is an important part of helping all of us adapt to the digital future, where creativity and collaboration are critical skills for success. But does remixing also help prepare scholars to innovate inside the academe?9/26/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Can a Digital Teaching Corps Help Close the Literacy Gap?
In a new brief, Michael Levine and James Paul Gee say the answer is “Yes.”8/05/11
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
Understanding Difference: What Happens When We Recognize That Different People Become (Digitally) Literate In Different Ways
A recognition of the pressing need for “digitial literacy” challenges the ways we teach and learn, but the technology and social media behind it can create barriers to access and understanding. Welcome to this week’s Playback, where everything is more complicated than it seems.7/15/11
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Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Playing with Education, Or: Using the Digital World to Make Sense of the Real World
One of the ways to determine if a revolution is happening in education is if things that were thought to be the antithesis of good pedagogy are actually becoming the most dynamic way to teach. Welcome to this week’s Playback, which features the instructional power of everything from “Angry Birds” to virtual worlds.6/02/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Publishers Critique Federal Investment in Open-Source Online-Learning
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported last week about reactions to a new federal grant program designed to expand training at community colleges and increase the availability of free online courses.5/12/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
