Welcome. The Spotlight Blog is your source for insights into the ideas and questions shaping the future of digital media and learning. More about us.

Current Spotlight

Featured Spotlights

March 19, 2010
Survey: Students Take “Free-Agent Learner” Approach to Education: A national education survey found that students are increasingly creating personalized learning experiences, using a wide range of outside-the-classroom resources, technologies and collaboration with other students.
Category: Civic Engagement, Participatory Learning, Policy, Research and Studies, Schools

March 18, 2010
PLAYBACK: C-SPAN Makes Video Archives Available Online, Redefining Education: Plus: The trustworthiness of Wikipedia; university dorms do away with land-line phones; explaining the vision of digital media learning; and Intel science winners—all in Spotlight’s Digital Media and Learning news round-up.
Category: Civic Engagement, Mobile, Participatory Learning, Schools, Social Media, STEM Comments: Jim H.,

March 17, 2010
How Would You Reimagine Learning?: New federal online portal asks the public for educational solutions and design ideas.
Category: Civic Engagement, Policy, Schools

March 15, 2010
Webinar on Networking and Negotiation as Skills in a Global Classroom: Project New Media Literacies presents the second installment of its professional development series for educators, “Networking and Negotiation as Skills in a Global Classroom,” on Thursday, March 18 at 7…
Category: Media Literacy, Participatory Learning, Schools

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