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6/15/11
Filed by
Christine C.
When “New” Gets Old: Redefining Approaches to Digital Literacy and Citizenship
Replacing “new media” with “participatory media” is more than a shift in semantics—it redefines learning, creativity and innovation in the classroom.6/14/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
East L.A. Students Create Documentary Videos Exposing the Lack of Access to Healthy Foods
“Have You Noticed How Far You Have To Go To Get To A Supermarket?” will be shown on L.A. Metro buses as part of the Out the Window project.6/13/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Winning the Future (of Journalism)
Journalism educators and critics are attempting to aggregate innovative approaches to news—a look at Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership (MoJo), the Nieman Journalism Lab’s Encyclo, Columbia Journalism Review’s News Frontier Database, and the student-produced FastFowardNews.org.6/10/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
PLAYBACK: The Future of School and the End to a School Year
Encouraging professors and their students to improve Wikipedia; What Apple’s new iCloud has to offer educators; and learning from maker kids at TEDxKids in Brussels and young digital artists in Chicago.6/09/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Support for Teachers: New Teacher 2.0 Network
Teaching can be a frustrating field—especially these days, as legislators call for cutbacks and everyone has a new idea for educational reform. The timing couldn’t be better for a new community for educators to converse with each other about personal and professional growth.6/08/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
The Future of Apps In The Hands of Today’s Teens
Teens at Youth APPLab and Youth Radio’s Mobile Action Lab and are designing the future of mobile technology.6/07/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
Out the Window: L.A. City Buses Present Student Videos and Perspectives
Bus riders in Los Angeles County will soon have the opportunity to see how young people view their communities by watching videos of life outside the windows of the buses.6/03/11
Filed by
Christine C.
PLAYBACK: Potential of Ebooks, Social Media and YouTube for Learning, Remixing and Play
Technology on the K-12 Horizon; quantifying the benefits of ebooks; the right age for social media; parting with privacy; and permission to remix, creatively ...6/02/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
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.5/31/11
Filed by
Christine C.
The Latest in Mobile Apps: Augmented Reality Art, Historical Walking Tours and Woodland Adventures
A look at new mobile apps produced by museums from Australia to Cleveland. Plus, Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry is inviting teens to design an app that promotes physical activity.5/27/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
PLAYBACK: Inspiring The Next Generation of Makers and Designers
Maker Faire in your classroom; new tool kit on design thinking for educators; concrete advice on how to talk with teens about social media; One Book One Twitter re-launches as 1book140.5/25/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
5/24/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
Librarians are Teachers, Too: Why Schools Need Librarians Now More than Ever
In the wake of school librarian layoffs, here’s a reminder of the crucial work they are doing teaching today’s students to be multi-literate. And isn’t that what everyone wants?5/23/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Sustaining STEM: The Struggle to Attract Students and Teachers
Politicians and business leaders are in agreement about the importance of STEM education—but what if there aren’t teachers to provide that education?5/20/11
Filed by
Christine C.
