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 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
March 3, 2010
What Does a 21st-Century Education Mean to You?: That’s the question the White House posed to the public this week. The government is using social networks to solicit feedback.
Category: Policy, Schools, Social Media
March 1, 2010
Has Digital Media Changed American Youth?: Guest author Katie Davis reports on a convening of researchers who met to discuss the potentials and perils of young people’s digital media activities.
Category: Civic Engagement, Ethics, Family, Participatory Learning, Research and Studies, Social Media
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