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
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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
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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
March 4, 2010
“The Digital World of Young Children: Emergent Literacy”: A new report from the Pearson Foundation examines how digital media is affecting early literacy around the globe.
Category: Civic Engagement, Games, Identity, Digital Divide, Media Literacy, Mobile, Participatory Learning, Policy, Research and Studies, Social Media
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