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Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning. Q&A: Henry Jenkins on Bridging Participatory Culture and Participatory Politics. Henry Jenkins is the Provost’s Professor of Communications, Journalism, Cinematic Art, and Education at the University of Southern California. Before that, he was the director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT. He serves as the chief advisor to the Annenberg Innovation Lab. Learning How the Web Works. Wondering how to teach computer literacy? Filed in: Media Literacy.
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What do you know, and where did you learn it? Friend and Foe Forum. News on the Streets. Friend and Foe Forum. News on the Streets. The role of Lauren’s Links is to provide links to other websites that are related to Government and Public Policy, U.S. History, U.S. Politicians/Leaders, Elections, and more. Do you know the governmental structure of Washington? What about the U.S. Senators running for state? I recommend looking at this site to find out. 10/03/10. October 4, 2010 at 4:30 am. Here’s a ...
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NPR Looks at How NYC Games School is Teaching Systems Thinking | Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
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Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning. NPR Looks at How NYC Games School is Teaching Systems Thinking. Filed by Sarah Jackson. Heather Chaplin interviewed Katie Salen. On National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” this week about how Quest to Learn. A new public charter school in New York City, is using game-based learning to build 21st-century literacy skills. The school has just completed its first year. Photo Courtesy of Quest to Learn. Students role play as travel agents, convert currencies, w...
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Tech-Savvy Teachers Turn to App-Making in the Classroom | Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
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Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning. Tech-Savvy Teachers Turn to App-Making in the Classroom. Filed by Kelsey Herron. We’ve all read about the usage of apps and other mobile technologies in the classroom (when classrooms allow them), but some educators are still unsatisfied with the quality of educational apps. Many teachers are making their own apps in order to help their students build certain skills that traditional teaching methods have difficulty refining. The Earth Science Regents Buddy App.
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Are Class Differences in Parenting Creating a New Digital Divide? | Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
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Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning. Are Class Differences in Parenting Creating a New Digital Divide? Screenshot/ Computers for Youth. In 2012, the digital divide is complicated. What does it mean that 65 percent of Americans have broadband access at home, or that 83 percent of Americans own a cellphone? Do numbers like these mean we can all sleep well at night, secure in the knowledge that new technologies mean more equal opportunities for all? According to industry analyst Tomi Ahonen, the penetra...
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John Palfrey on Challenging (and Protecting) Students in the Digital Age | Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
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Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning. John Palfrey on Challenging (and Protecting) Students in the Digital Age. Filed in: DML Thought Leaders. John Palfrey is the head of school at Phillips Academy, Andover. He was formerly a professor of law and vice dean of Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School. He is currently president of the board of directors of the Digital Public Library of America. A director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Ultimately I’m interested in t...
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Eszter Hargittai on Today’s Digital Divide | Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
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Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning. Eszter Hargittai on Today’s Digital Divide. Filed in: Digital Divide. Eszter Hargittai is Delaney Family professor in the Communication Studies Department and faculty associate of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University where she heads the Web Use Project. She is also a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society. This post is part of a series of conversations. Or is this something more complicated? This is not about access....
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How Teachers Make Cell Phones Work in the Classroom | Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
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Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning. How Teachers Make Cell Phones Work in the Classroom. AP Chemistry students use their cell phones to answer their teacher's question. Photo/Erin Scott. When we talk about using cell phones in class, we’re not just talking about using cell phones in class. The idea of mobile learning touches on just about every subject that any. Guide to Mobile Learning:. This is part four of a series exploring mobile learning co-produced by MindShift. Being used, but because they&#...
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Mozilla’s Mark Surman on Teaching the World the Web | Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
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Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning. Mozilla’s Mark Surman on Teaching the World the Web. Filed in: DML Thought Leaders. Is the executive director of the Mozilla Foundation. This post is part of a series of conversations. With thought leaders on digital media and learning, then and now. In conversation with journalist Heather Chaplin, leaders reflect on how the field of digital media and learning (DML) has changed over time, and where it’s headed. Photo/ Mozilla in Europe. John Dewey would have loved...
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Eric Zimmerman on The Age of Play | Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
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Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning. Eric Zimmerman on The Age of Play. Is a game designer and founding faculty member of the NYU Game Center. He is the coauthor, with Katie Salen, of “ Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals. 8221; and was cofounder and chief design officer of Gamelab. This post is part of a series of conversations. Spotlight: You were one of the first people I heard talking about games and learning. Eric Zimmerman: When I was at RGA. At the University of Wisconsin with Jim Gee.
