Whitney Burke is a writer and digital communications specialist exploring the ways in which digital media are changing learning environments, civic traditions, and youth culture. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in print and digital journalism in 2009.
Whitney Burke
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Wanted: A New Generation of Problem Solvers
It has been more than a decade since Marc Prensky popularized the term “digital natives” to describe young people’s inherent connection with digital technologies, and while students may be able to successfully...
Category: Educational PracticeEnacting Social Change in a Digital Age: An International Case Study
In recent years, international development organizations have started incorporating digital media programming in an effort to merge storytelling and popular media into civic engagement and to bring young people together across national...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital Citizenship, EquityToward A Networked Approach to Improving Education
Which comes first, coordination or collaboration? It’s a classic chicken or egg debate that surfaces among network organizers and one that Peter Wardrip, a Ph.D. student in the Learning Sciences and Policy...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeA Student-driven, Afterschool Technology Club: When Reality and Policy Collide
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...
Categories: Educational Practice, EquityDesign Thinking and Diversity: A Professional Development Case Study
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...
Category: EquityPhiladelphia: A Case Study on the Importance of Internet Access in Public Spaces
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...
Category: EquityTeachers, Youth, and Social Media: Experiments
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...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeChildren and Computers in Paraguay: Studying What Works and What Doesn’t
Can technology really transform education in developing countries? That was the goal of Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child, but since its founding in 2005, the organization has been the subject of...
Category: EquityHow Does Globalization Shape Education Reform?
“We're living in a 21st century knowledge economy, but our schools, our homes, and our culture are still based around 20th century expectations,” said then-Senator Barack Obama in a 2005 speech to...
Category: Educational PracticeThe Right to Thrive: Connected Learning at the Digital Edge
A few months ago, I interviewed a former high school teacher and asked him what his hope was for the digital media and learning community in 2013. His answer: to push for...
Category: Connected Learning