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3/09/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Thinking Outside the Text: Adding and Sharing Notes in the Margins
We like to think interactive media is a product of our contemporary digital age. But readers, for one, have been interacting with written texts since, well, the advent of written texts.3/08/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
Digital Fabrication, Virtual Beetles and Re-Learning the Rules of Chemistry: New Innovations in Digital Media & Learning
We’re back from the 2011 Digital Media and Learning Conference in Long Beach, Calif. While there, we checked in on the Digital Media and Learning Competition winners showcase.3/03/11
Filed by
Christine C.
PLAYBACK: Learning In and Outside the Classroom - Skype, Wisconsin Protests, iPad2 and More
Wisconsin protests and media literacy; Skype for teachers; iPad2 for students; TED asks for student videos on ed reform; and why go to class?3/03/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
Beginning the Digital Journey: Getting Started with Tech Tools in the Classroom
How educators who think of themselves as technophobes can learn to be digital explorers.3/02/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Hired Moderators Keep the Peace and Encourage Safe Play in Kids’ Virtual Spaces
With the influx of social networking sites and virtual worlds aimed at kids, a new industry of online moderators has developed to keep young users happy and safe.2/28/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
Digital Media and Democracy: How Time Spent Online is Training Tomorrow’s Active Citizens
A new study finds that taking part in nonpolitical interest-driven sites online may serve as a gateway for youth to volunteering, community problem-solving, and other civic actions.2/25/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
PLAYBACK: Ask Not What Digital Media Can do for Kids, but What Kids Can Create With Digital Media
James Paul Gee on the brain, video games and learning; preview of the 2011 Digital Media and Learning Conference; research on gaming and urban black youth; Doug Rushkoff on understanding Google; sharing your iPad with your 6-year-old; and Global Kids takes on gaming and global issues.2/24/11
Filed by
Christine C.
A “Responsible” Approach to School Usage Policies on Internet Safety
Acceptable Use Policies no longer have to be barriers to use, with some schools showing how AUP’s can be a path to access and exploration.2/22/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Access Matters: National Broadband Map Reveals Gaps
A new National Broadband Map and government report show where broadband access is available. The New York Times shows what happens when it’s not.2/21/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Communicating More With Less: Studies on Teens, Blogging and Mobile Usage
Blogging is losing its luster among teenagers and young adults, but the decline seems connected to the growth of micro-blogging platforms, such as Twitter and Tumblr, and the popularity of Facebook as the go-to place to share videos and photos, as well as news and opinions.2/18/11
Filed by
Christine C.
PLAYBACK: How Academics, Journalists, Librarians and Museum Administrators Engage the Digital World
The Met embraces technology to get visitors to embrace art; ebooks and the future of storytelling; how to use Facebook with students without being friends; what teachers and students can learn from Justin Bieber’s fans; academics and avatars; and how Twitter teaches media literacy.2/16/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
The Texture of the Age: Adam Gopnik On How the Internet Gets Inside Us
The New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik surveys of a year’s worth of books about how the internet may be changing all of us.2/14/11
Filed by
Barbara R.
Defining Digital Media: What Does it Mean to You?
What does the term “digital media” mean to you? Spotlight seeks input from educators, game developers, museum administrators, policy makers and anyone else who thinks they’re using digital media in or out of the classroom ...2/11/11
Filed by
Christine C.
PLAYBACK: Horizon Report, Student-Led Learning, Follow the Civil War on Twitter ...
New Media Consortium covers adoption of new technologies; Mind/shift covers the future of curriculum, teaching and learning; newspapers take the Civil War to Twitter, Facebook; what happens when students lead class; and what there isn’t an app for ...2/09/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
