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12/13/11

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

School Leaders Collaborate on Best Practices for District-Level Digital Media Policy

School leaders from around the country met in Washington, D.C., last week to collaborate on creating models for digital media use policies in K-12 education.

Filed in: Participatory Learning, Schools, Social Media

 
 

12/10/11

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

PLAYBACK: Changing Narrative, Changing Culture, Changing Teaching

Teachers’ comments on Facebook create controversy; Nichole Pinkard links digital literacy to traditional literacy; empowering students with storytelling; technology and the state of college teaching; and Lady Gaga visits the White House—all in this week’s Playback.

Filed in: Assessment, Media Literacy, Schools, Social Media

 
 

12/07/11

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

Why Online Learning Should Not Mean Replacing Teachers With Computers

The Nation covers efforts to expand virtual schools and online learning that may lead to more classrooms without teachers. But experts say realizing technology’s potential must include adult guidance and support.

Filed in: Schools

 
 

11/30/11

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

Videos Games in the Classroom: Learning as an Interesting Journey

Some teachers don’t just embrace video games in the classroom; they design them. A look at how gaming is changing learning, plus ground-breaking game reviews by Seth Schiesel.

Filed in: Games, Schools, STEM

 
 

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.

Filed in: Schools, Social Media

 
 

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.

Filed in: Digital Media and Learning Competition, Libraries, Museums, Schools

 
 

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.

Filed in: Family, Media Literacy, Research and Studies, Schools

 
 

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.

Filed in: Media Literacy, Policy, Schools

 
 

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.

Filed in: Media Literacy, Schools, Social Media

 
 

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.

Filed in: Digital Media and Learning Competition, Libraries, Schools, STEM

 
 

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.

Filed in: Family, Mobile, Research and Studies, Schools

 
 

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.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Participatory Learning, Schools

 
 

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.

Filed in: Research and Studies, Schools

 
 

10/27/11

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

Can Technology Wait?

The New York Times looks at a Waldorf School that embraces books and chalk over screens and hand-held gadgets. Plus, a Pew Internet presentation on learning going mobile and an innovative digital media program in which students become the teachers.

Filed in: Mobile, Research and Studies, Schools

 
 

10/20/11

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

Classrooms of the Future Are Here, But Results are Not

The New York Times is looking at the intersections of learning, technology and business, as school districts around the country try to figure out whether the Next New Thing is what they’ve been waiting for.

Filed in: Research and Studies, Schools

 
 

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