Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning

Media Makers: Training Tomorrow’s Computer Scientists at Youth AppLab

Spotlight talks with Leshell Hatley, executive director of Uplift, Inc., about Youth AppLab, a new after-school program in Washington, D.C. that teaches software and mobile application design.

Scratch Here: Collaborating with Kids to Develop the Next Generation of Creative Software

In this podcast, Spotlight talks with MIT’s Mitchel Resnick about Scratch, a programming language that makes it easy for kids to create and share media on the web.

“Teaching People How to Work Together”: Digital Media and Learning Competition Winners

Ten projects received awards for innovation in digital media and learning last week as part of the third annual HASTAC/ MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Competition. Winners in the competition’s 21st Century Learning Lab Designers category gathered in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with National Lab Day. Spotlight was there to talk with winners about their projects.