| Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning

4/07/10

Gaming the Classroom

Want to set up your classroom like a World of Warcraft Guild? Lee Sheldon, assistant professor of telecommunications, can tell you how.

Filed in: Games, Participatory Learning, Schools, Virtual Worlds

4/06/10

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

PLAYBACK: Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Net Neutrality

Plus: One Book, One Twitter, Henry Jenkins on narrative in popular TV shows, Pennsylvania classrooms welcome PBS’s Digital Learning Library and more in Spotlight’s news round-up on digital media and learning.

Filed in: Libraries, Participatory Learning, Policy, Schools, Social Media

3/30/10

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

Is New Media Incompatible with Schooling?

In a two-part interview, professor Henry Jenkins talks with Rich Halverson about “Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America,” the new book Halverson co-wrote with Allan Collins.

Filed in: Participatory Learning, Policy, Schools

3/29/10

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

Classrooms and Content: How New Software and Technologies Are Changing Learning Around the World

Writing at Fast Company, Anya Kamenetz explains how smartphones and handheld computers are transforming education—and the focus of educational leaders who have long advocated for spreading technology in schools.

Filed in: Mobile, Participatory Learning, Schools

3/26/10

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

Contest Sparks New Firefox Add-ons for Learning

Winners of the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge were announced at the South by Southwest festival last week.

Filed in: Participatory Learning, Schools, Social Media, STEM

3/19/10

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

Survey: Students Take “Free-Agent Learner” Approach to Education

A national education survey found that students are increasingly creating personalized learning experiences, using a wide range of outside-the-classroom resources, technologies and collaboration with other students.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Participatory Learning, Policy, Research and Studies, Schools

3/18/10

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

PLAYBACK: C-SPAN Makes Video Archives Available Online, Redefining Education

Plus: The trustworthiness of Wikipedia; university dorms do away with land-line phones; explaining the vision of digital media learning; and Intel science winners—all in Spotlight’s Digital Media and Learning news round-up.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Mobile, Participatory Learning, Schools, Social Media, STEM

3/17/10

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

How Would You Reimagine Learning?

New federal online portal asks the public for educational solutions and design ideas.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Policy, Schools

3/15/10

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

Webinar on Networking and Negotiation as Skills in a Global Classroom

Project New Media Literacies presents the second installment of its professional development series for educators, “Networking and Negotiation as Skills in a Global Classroom,” on Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m. (EST). To join the webinar, visit the Elluminate Meeting Room.

Filed in: Media Literacy, Participatory Learning, Schools

3/12/10

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

PLAYBACK: Survey: Teachers Choose Digital Classroom Resources Over Textbooks

Plus: Cyber-Bullying and the law; Teens check out digital space at public library; Learning through remixing and more—all in Spotlight’s Digital Media and Learning News Round-Up.

Filed in: After School, Libraries, Participatory Learning, Safety, Schools, Social Media

3/10/10

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

Can Cell Phones Help Teach Math?

When high school math teachers in rural North Carolina experimented with giving students problem sets via smartphones they found surprising and promising results.

Filed in: Mobile, Participatory Learning, Schools, Social Media, STEM