Featured Story Archives: February 2010

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2/15/10

By Ben Wolff

M-Ubuntu Project Brings Mobile Phones to South African Classrooms to Teach Literacy

Mobile phones are becoming an integral part of the literacy curriculum in two South African primary schools, thanks to work by the M-Ubuntu project, a winner in the 2009 Digital Media and Learning Competition.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Games, Digital Media and Learning Competition, Mobile, Participatory Learning, Schools

 
 

2/15/10

By Heather Chaplin

Views from the Vanguard of Using Mobile Media for Learning

Game designers talk about the future of mobile technologies for learning and how they are creating the kinds of personalized, active learning experiences educators used to only dream of.

Filed in: Games, Digital Divide, Mobile, Participatory Learning, Schools, Social Media, STEM

 
 

2/15/10

By Sarah Jackson

Mad City Mystery: An Augmented Reality Game for Handhelds

“Ivan Illych is dead. Police claimed he drowned while fishing in Lake Mendota. You think it might have been something else.” Watch three earth science students race against the clock in this augmented reality game from Local Games Lab.

Filed in: Games, Mobile, Participatory Learning, STEM

 
 

2/15/10

By Heather Chaplin

Mobile for Learning—Technically We’re Close; Culturally, Not so Much

GPS-enabled smartphones and better broadband have opened up a new world of possibilities for game designers. Now they need to convince the public, and educators, that cell phones can be important social platforms for learning.

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

 
 

2/15/10

By Sarah Jackson

Q&A with Katie Salen on What Kids Learned in a Mobile Media Summer Camp

Katie Salen, executive director of design for the New York City charter school Quest to Learn, talks about teaching kids to look inside their phones to learn more about mobile data and game design.

Filed in: Games, Media Literacy, Mobile, Participatory Learning

 
 

2/15/10

By Josh Karp

The Chicago Public Library Helps Teens “Find History”

Armed with mobile GPS devices, Chicago teens race around the city looking for facts—and learn a little something about Daniel Burnham’s plan for the city as they go.

Filed in: Games, Libraries, Mobile, Participatory Learning, STEM

 
 

2/03/10

By Sarah Jackson

21st Century Learning in Action: Literacy, English Language Learners and Digital Storytelling

In fall 2007, instructors at the Life Academy in Oakland, Calif., and Bay Area Writing Project Teachers led students in a digital storytelling project. The semester-long integrated unit was grounded in the development of literacy, writing and 21st-century skills. The students’ digital storytelling let them see writing in a new light.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Family, Identity, Media Literacy, Participatory Learning, Schools

 
 
 

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