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By Whitney Burke 05/17/2013 - 7:55am Comments
Taking advantage of the online world's ability to help youth develop knowledge, expertise, skills and important new literacies involves risks, but how much? Some researchers and authors such as Lenore Skenazy, Sonia Livingstone, and Lynn...
A Student-driven, Afterschool Technology Club
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By Antero Garcia 05/13/2013 - 10:05am Comments
With Iron Man 3 raking in millions and marking the official start of summer blockbusters, it is thrilling to recognize that moviegoers are largely staring at a screen enraptured with Hollywood’s most successful maker. As such, I have good news...
Avenging 'Making' For All: Challenging Iron Man Blog Image
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By Whitney Burke 05/10/2013 - 4:00pm Comments
What do a New York public school, the Howard County Public School system in Maryland, and a small private K-8 school in California all have in common? Each is re-conceptualizing the standard school curriculum by using design thinking, a...
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By Liz Losh 05/06/2013 - 12:35pm Comments
Wikipedia is often not thought of as a platform for pedagogy, since so many teachers explicitly tell their students to steer clear of the site as a source of information.  However, as a site for learner-driven inquiry and informal...
How to Use Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool: Adrianne Wadewitz Blog Image
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By Whitney Burke 05/03/2013 - 10:30am Comments
We live in a world today where broadband access is becoming increasingly necessary for attaining jobs, expanding innovation and remaining globally competitive. Even in an iconic city like Philadelphia many residents are struggling to gain basic...
Philadelphia: A Case Study on the Impact of Technology Access
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By Ethan Zuckerman 04/29/2013 - 5:20pm Comments
I was recently in Senegal at a board meeting for Open Society Foundation, meeting organizations the foundation supports around the continent. Two projects in particular stuck in my mind. One is Y’en a Marre (“Fed Up”), a Senegalese activist...
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By Whitney Burke 04/26/2013 - 3:50pm Comments
While young people are often adept at navigating networked spaces for social purposes in their everyday lives, it is less clear what role schools and teachers should play in that process. In what ways can educators support, mentor, and scaffold...
Teachers, Youth, and Social Media: Experiments Blog Image
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By Howard Rheingold 04/22/2013 - 3:35pm Comments
Humans are by far the most skilled social learners of this planet’s millions of species. We’re biologically equipped to pay attention to and learn from each other, and we’ve devised cultural tools such as speech and writing to augment our...
In Pursuit of In(ter)dependent Learning: Kio Stark Blog Image
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By monika hardy 04/18/2013 - 1:05pm Comments
On a recent college visit, I was pleased to find a great model for an entire ecosystem of mentorship. Colorado Christian University (CCU) students/faculty had been touting their solid community, and for all I can tell, it appears legit by...
An Ecosystem for Mentorship: A New Vision for College Communities Blog Image
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By John Jones 04/16/2013 - 7:40am Comments
Media and literary theorists have argued for some time that reading is an inherently interactive process. To give only one example, the history of reading is mostly a history of bodily performance: reading to an audience or group, or reading...
Writing for Interaction, Part 2 Blog Image