Featured Story Archives: January 2010
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1/26/10
By Josh Karp
Writing Is More Than Ink on a Page Today
Literacy today means not only the ability to read and write, but to create and comprehend an integrated mix of words, sounds, videos and images. Meet teachers and students who are leading the way.1/26/10
By Josh Karp
Does Digital Media Make Us Bad Writers?
An English professor and a linguist examine how digital media are transforming students’ writing and how writing itself is changing.1/11/10
By Josh Karp
Building a Nation of Tinkerers: Digital Media Fosters Hands-On Learning in Science Labs
Digital media can extend the goals of National Lab Day and help the United States rebuild its lead in science and math.1/11/10
By Josh Karp
Think Like a Mathematician, Save the World from Monsters
MIT’s digital game “Lure of the Labyrinth” engages kids in the scientific process and sparks discovery.1/11/10
Colorado Teacher Receives National Recognition for Customizing Lessons with Digital Media
Math and science come to life with interactive moon stories and virtual rocks.1/11/10
The World is a Game: Augmented Reality Software Combines the Real and Virtual to Teach Science
New software developed at MIT takes advantage of the GPS technology in mobile phones to inject new adventures into the traditional science lab. The technology creates learning games that can track players’ real world locations and send a stream of virtual information to them as they track environmental spills or solve science mysteries.1/11/10
By Ben Wolff
