| Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning

7/06/11

A Digital Literacy for Everyone: S. Craig Watkins, Douglas Rushkoff, John Jones and Barbara Fister on Improving Access and Understanding

Participation and literacy gaps have accompanied the explosion of social media and digital devices, sparking a call for more awareness and education in what it means to filter so much of our lives through this technology.

Filed in: Digital Divide, Media Literacy, Social Media

6/24/11

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

The New “Publicness,” the New (Networked) Privacy, and Youth Expression

The power of social networking is evidenced by several high-profile news stories and court decisions. Plus, danah boyd on teeenagers’ complex notion of privacy.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Research and Studies, Social Media

6/16/11

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

PLAYBACK: Race, Class and Technology Use

Parental attitudes affect young children’s technology use; kids of color are using more media than white youth; and real-life examples of cloud computing and Twitter in the classroom.

Filed in: Family, Digital Divide, Mobile, Schools, Social Media

6/15/11

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

When “New” Gets Old: Redefining Approaches to Digital Literacy and Citizenship

Replacing “new media” with “participatory media” is more than a shift in semantics—it redefines learning, creativity and innovation in the classroom.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Media Literacy, Participatory Learning, Social Media

6/10/11

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

PLAYBACK: The Future of School and the End to a School Year

Encouraging professors and their students to improve Wikipedia; What Apple’s new iCloud has to offer educators; and learning from maker kids at TEDxKids in Brussels and young digital artists in Chicago.

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

6/09/11

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

Support for Teachers: New Teacher 2.0 Network

Teaching can be a frustrating field—especially these days, as legislators call for cutbacks and everyone has a new idea for educational reform. The timing couldn’t be better for a new community for educators to converse with each other about personal and professional growth.

Filed in: Social Media

6/03/11

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

PLAYBACK: Potential of Ebooks, Social Media and YouTube for Learning, Remixing and Play

Technology on the K-12 Horizon; quantifying the benefits of ebooks; the right age for social media; parting with privacy; and permission to remix, creatively ...

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

5/27/11

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

PLAYBACK: Inspiring The Next Generation of Makers and Designers

Maker Faire in your classroom; new tool kit on design thinking for educators; concrete advice on how to talk with teens about social media; One Book One Twitter re-launches as 1book140.

Filed in: After School, Family, Schools, Social Media, STEM

5/25/11

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

Beyond “The Twitter Trap”

Why Twitter and other social media are what you make of it.

Filed in: Social Media

5/19/11

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

What the New DigitalLiteracy.gov Portal Has to Offer Educators

From tutorials on how to use Gmail to curriculum resources for teaching copyright, the federal government’s new digital literacy portal is an important resource for educators working in and out of the classroom.

Filed in: Media Literacy, Schools, Social Media

5/17/11

Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo

Straight Talk on Teens and Social Media

A pediatrician wades through the panic and presents an even-handed analysis of the effect of technology on kids and their development. Here’s what parents need to know.

Filed in: Family, Media Literacy, Social Media

5/13/11

Filed by
Sarah Jackson

PLAYBACK: When Teachers and Students Tweet & New Media Innovations In and Out of the Classroom

Tweeting teachers and students; new research on e-readers in academia; and teaching kids to innovate through robotics, the Google Science Fair, and the Young Makers Program.

Filed in: Schools, Social Media, STEM