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11/29/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Hashtags for Education
A resource, a search engine, a gathering place—educators are discovering valuable uses for Twitter, from finding information to creating community.11/28/11
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
Modern Bedtime Stories: Good Night Gadgets Everywhere
While it’s not our habit to make holiday shopping suggestions on Cyber Monday, I couldn’t resist pointing to “Goodnight iPad,” a takeoff of the 1947 children’s classic “Goodnight Moon.”11/23/11
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
Digital Media Learning Competition Update, Plus Stories on Online Learning and Digital Media Labs
The Digital Media and Learning Research Competition issues a deadline update, and a round-up of links before the holiday.11/21/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Digital Media in Early Childhood? Not Without Trained Teachers and Guidance for Parents
Advocates say the role of parents, families and teachers needs to be brought to the foreground in debates over the appropriate use of technology in teaching and learning for the preschool set.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.11/17/11
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
HASTAC Announces Badge Competition for Teachers
HASTAC today announced a new Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badge Competition that explores the potential of digital badges for and by teachers.11/16/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Can You Design Video Games to Teach STEM? National Challenge Open to Students and Pros
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center and E-Line Media, a publisher of game-based learning products, just announced the launch of the second National STEM Video Game Challenge.11/15/11
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
Reading, Writing and New Media Literacies
As technology alters the means and speed by which we communicate, academics, educators and journalists weigh in on the skills needed to be considered literate in today’s digital world.11/11/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
PLAYBACK: The (Mostly) Kind Social Networking Spaces Teens Find Online and Learning How to Learn
New study examines teens’ experience on social network sites; teaching kids to search online; the expansion of YOUmedia; and Twitter memorials for Veteran’s Day….11/10/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Why Professors Need to Do a Better Job of Teaching Effective Online Communication Skills
Ron Tanner, a professor of writing at Loyola University Maryland, has an important piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education this week about why colleges need to do a better job of teaching students to understand and produce texts online—“an essential skill” for their future.11/09/11
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
Modern Education: A Round-Up of New York Times Education Stories
The New York Times Education Life supplement is full of stories that may be of interest to those following technology-related learning shifts, from closing the gender gap among STEM majors to a new university library that demonstrates the future is now.11/07/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
iPads & Autism: Can Technology Help Kids Communicate?
A school in Toronto is using iPads to help autistic children reach development goals. But the technology is not a miracle cure.11/05/11
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Will Tablets (OK, iPads) Replace Computers in Schools?
This week’s Playback looks at the move by Apple to woo educators and what it means for the future of technology in schools. Plus, Lady Gaga teams up with Harvard, MacArthur and the California Endowment to launch the Born This Way Foundation, and using the DREAM Activist movement to consider participatory culture and civic engagement.11/02/11
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
Transforming Teaching for Tech-Savvy Students
The Digital Age Teacher Preparation Council has issued a professional development “blueprint” to advance the use of effective digital media in teaching and learning, with a special emphasis on instruction for underserved students.11/01/11
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
