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10/31/11
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Sarah Jackson
Defining Quality in Young Children's Media Use for Educators, Parents and Media Creators
The Fred Rogers Center has been part of several recent efforts to develop digital media guidelines for young children and to help define what we mean by “quality” for those children who are old enough to engage with new media tools. Plus, Sponge Bob vs. Cauliou, and the need for quality pre-kindergarten programs.10/28/11
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Sarah Jackson
PLAYBACK: A Nuanced Look at Technology use in Early Childhood
Despite pediatricians’ warnings that screen media is not healthy for children under age 2, new data finds toddlers and even infants are spending an increased amount of time watching television and viewing media on smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. We take a look at what the experts are saying.10/14/11
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Sarah Jackson
PLAYBACK: Poets, Astronauts, Rebels and the New Content Creators
YouTube’s SpaceLab; Why Steve Jobs couldn’t fix your classroom; Celebrating National Day of Writing; Digital Badges 101; and listening to YouMedia’s young artists—all in this week’s Playback.10/13/11
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Sarah Jackson
Facing Facebook: The Attempt to Provide Kids Commercial-Free Spaces Online
The New York Times’ Emily Bazelon takes Facebook to task on its privacy policies in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine.10/07/11
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Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Kick Off Your Sunday Shoes - Successes and Changes in a Digital Age
From flash mobs to future digital literacies, a look at how education is being transformed—and who is being left behind.10/03/11
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Sarah Jackson
Tablets for Babies?
Just because infants are interested in playing on their mom’s cellphone doesn’t mean they are learning from doing so. Tablet computers marketed to infants raise some important questions about the developmentally appropriate use of technology in early childhood.9/30/11
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Sarah Jackson
PLAYBACK: The Freedom to Read, Research and Explore
Banned Websites Awareness Day, why collaborating on Facebook might be an integral part of a contemporary education, badges for learning, and transliteracy and children, all in this week’s Playback.9/28/11
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Christine Cupaiuolo
New AP/MTV Survey Shows Need for Digital Ethics Curriculum - Fortunately, it’s Here
The findings of a new survey on attitudes toward online behavior highlight the need for a digital ethics curriculum—which is precisely what researchers at Harvard and USC released this month.9/26/11
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Sarah Jackson
Can a Digital Teaching Corps Help Close the Literacy Gap?
In a new brief, Michael Levine and James Paul Gee say the answer is “Yes.”8/05/11
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Understanding Difference: What Happens When We Recognize That Different People Become (Digitally) Literate In Different Ways
A recognition of the pressing need for “digitial literacy” challenges the ways we teach and learn, but the technology and social media behind it can create barriers to access and understanding. Welcome to this week’s Playback, where everything is more complicated than it seems.7/29/11
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Sarah Jackson
PLAYBACK: Inspiration and Enchantment, The Future of Technology and Learning
Kids predict the future of technology; How historians are using digital maps; Buffy Hamilton at ISTE 2011; Victor Diaz on teaching to the whole child; and why it’s not too late to recharge with summer pd on web 2.0 tools for the classroom.7/28/11
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Sarah Jackson
Chicago Girls Use Digital Media to Push for Sports Equity at Their Schools
This summer girls in Chicago are using digital media and old fashioned investigative journalism to take their schools to task on compliance with Title IX, the landmark civil rights law.7/22/11
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Sarah Jackson
PLAYBACK: The Age of The E-Book? How Digital Technologies Are Changing Storytelling, Research and Publishing
How e-reading may be affecting writing; Harry Potter goes Google; the future of textbooks, chain bookstores; and humanities scholars discuss their digital future, all in this week’s playback.7/15/11
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Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Playing with Education, Or: Using the Digital World to Make Sense of the Real World
One of the ways to determine if a revolution is happening in education is if things that were thought to be the antithesis of good pedagogy are actually becoming the most dynamic way to teach. Welcome to this week’s Playback, which features the instructional power of everything from “Angry Birds” to virtual worlds.7/14/11
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Sarah Jackson
