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2/02/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Changing a Changing World: Teaching Social Media for Social Activism
Educators are embracing new technologies as the most direct and effective way students have ever had to change the world.1/20/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
Gaming: “A New Force of Digital Activism” and a STEM Learning Tool
Mashable surveys the use of games for social change; and vote for your favorites in the National STEM Video Game Challenge.1/17/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Issues of “Collaboration, Generosity and Authority”: Wikipedia’s Impact on Education
Wikipedia turned 10 years old on Jan. 15. In practical as well as well as in subtler, symbolic terms, its impact on education has been profound.1/13/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Mobile Media: Turning Quantity into Quality, Access Into Empowerment
A digital divide exists, but it’s not simply about access to technology anymore.1/11/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Circulating Digital Freedom: Libraries Lead the Way
Librarians and libraries are increasingly on the frontlines of improving digital literacy as well as using the latest digital tools to confront some old-fashioned attempts at censorship.1/06/11
Filed by
Sarah J.
New York City Millennials Heed a Digital Call to Action
PandoProjects, a New York City nonprofit working to help members of the millennial generation develop new solutions to community problems, has just announced an inaugural group of project leaders.1/04/11
Filed by
Christine C.
Think Globally, Act Digitally: Teaching With Kiva
In a recent post on The Tempered Radical blog, Bill Ferriter—a 6th-grade language arts teacher in North Carolina—reveals how a simple idea, filtered through social media, changed his pedagogical world.12/23/10
Filed by
Christine C.
PLAYBACK: Changing the Changing World in the New Year
Bill Gates’ global technology competition for students; the top 10 predictions for ed tech in 2011; FCC’s conference on Generation Mobile; the new, hipper face of e-mail; an interview with Karen Cator about the National Education Technology Plan.12/17/10
Filed by
Sarah J.
PLAYBACK: The Digital Museum of the Future
Art on your iPhone; the eBook Summit; what the public thinks of the Smithsonian Commons prototype; a decrease in teen blogging; virtual fossil digs; feedback on iCivics; and holiday gifts kids can program themselves.12/15/10
Filed by
Sarah J.
A New Digital Literacy: Teaching Kids to “Self-Police” Online
Why learning to post content online in a civil and responsible way should be a core part of today’s digital citizenship curricula.12/09/10
Filed by
Sarah J.
12/03/10
Filed by
Christine C.
PLAYBACK: Get Your MBA on Facebook
Student journalists pick up reporting and news literacy/digital media skills; What makes a school newspaper blog a #fail; Knight News Challenge attracts hundreds of ideas for community news; the Digital Learning Council releases its policy recommendations; and a look at K-12 technology trends for 2011.12/02/10
Filed by
Barbara R.
The New Face of Activism: PandoProjects Help Millennials Turn Ideas Into Action With Digital Media
PandoProjects taps into Millennials’ social commitment and digital savvy with an online organizing platform for grassroots activism.11/18/10
Filed by
Sarah J.
Invent It: Knight News Challenge May Fund Your Media Innovation
The Knight News Challenge contest awards up to $5 million dollars annually to fund media innovations that use digital open-source technologies to distribute public interest news. This year’s applications are due Dec. 1.10/21/10
Filed by
Sarah J.
