Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning

Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape

A new report from Harvard’s Youth and Media Policy Working Group at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society summarizes current research on kids and media safety, privacy and quality.

Hacking Education From the Outside In

Startl supports the development of new “learner centric” educational products and technologies. Read an interview with co-founder Pheonix Wang.

Add-Ons for Learning Online

Ten teams have been chosen to develop browser extensions that support social learning.

Barbie Gets Tech

Armed with pink glasses and a pink laptop, Barbie takes on the role of computer engineer—her 126th career.

Kids Software, Video Games, Learning, and Literacy

Cultural anthropologist Mizuko Ito and games researcher James Paul Gee talk about games as learning tools in two recent podcasts.

Meet the iGeneration

Younger than Millennials and more wired, this newly named demographic has high expectations of the world around them. Plus, teens at a tech conference plot the future.

Got Game? Digital Media and Learning Competition Offers $50,000 for Gaming Ideas

If you can bridge learning and gaming, apply by Feb. 15 for the chance to win cash awards and recognition from leading game makers. The public is also invited to offer feedback on entries.

Measuring Classroom Progress: 21st Century Assessment Project Wants Your Input

Guest authors Daniel Hickey and Brian Nelson argue that the opportunity to institute true reform in assessment practices is now, and the Race to the Top Assessment Initiative should think more broadly about how we measure progress in the classroom. They welcome comments on findings from the MacArthur 21st Century Assessment Project.

Digital Media and Learning Competition is Accepting New Applications

If you missed the deadline for the Digital Media and Learning Competition, which provides $2 million in awards to innovators in the field of digital media and learning, you’re in luck—the competition website has re-opened and is accepting new applications through Feb. 15.

START Program Integrates Service Learning and Technology in the Classroom

When it comes to learning about technology, the best teachers are sometimes already in the classroom, facing the front of the class.