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March 12, 2010
PLAYBACK: Survey: Teachers Choose Digital Classroom Resources Over Textbooks: Plus: Cyber-Bullying and the law; Teens check out digital space at public library; Learning through remixing and more—all in Spotlight’s Digital Media and Learning News Round-Up.
Category: After School, Libraries, Participatory Learning, Safety, Schools, Social Media

March 10, 2010
Can Cell Phones Help Teach Math?: When high school math teachers in rural North Carolina experimented with giving students problem sets via smartphones they found surprising and promising results.
Category: Mobile, Participatory Learning, Schools, Social Media, STEM

March 9, 2010
How Mozilla and Open Source Culture Can Inform Open Government Initiatives: Open source software has an illustrious history, fervent advocates and a quixotic stance in a capitalist climate. Can it also be a model for open government and civic action?
Category: Civic Engagement, Participatory Learning, Policy Comments:

March 8, 2010
Women in Sciences - Progress Stalled?: An in-depth article looks at the importance of women in STEM careers and what can be done to encourage more participation.
Category: Games, Identity, STEM

March 5, 2010
Startl Extends Deadline for Three-Month Accelerator Program for Start-Up Companies: Interested in building educational digital products and services? Need help taking your project to the next level? Apply now for Startl’s incubator program.
Category: Mobile, Participatory Learning, Social Media