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Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Systems and the Learning Brain
New ideas about artificial intelligence and cognitive computing systems in education have been advanced this year by major computing and educational businesses, including Pearson and IBM. Pearson’s promotion of AI reflects its...
Categories: Edtech, New TrendsAs the candidates and the media concentrate on issues that matter to voters in this election season, how can young people engage and have a voice? Young people should have a say...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital LearningChildhood and the Pursuit of Meaning in Today’s Connected World
Most adults reckon they know about children because they were one once. This is a strange kind of qualification. First of all, there is a tendency to universalize childhood as if the...
Category: Digital CitizenshipThe Power of Debate as Form of Civic Communication
In the popular imagination, debate is usually perceived in one of two ways — as a stuffy academic exercise (think policy wonks) or a raucous shouting match (think recent Republican presidential debates). Urban...
Categories: Digital Learning, EquityThe Construction of Civic Identities in Pop Culture
“I said, ‘Well daddy don’t you know that things go in cycles.’ ” — “Excursions,” A Tribe Called Quest A fever dream in 15 steps. This past weekend, Ukrainian singer Jamala won the...
Category: Digital CitizenshipSilicon Valley’s high-tech companies, startups and venture capitalists are “the centre of a techno-economic revolution” that is “now spreading outwards across the world, with major societal effects and implications,” argues Alistair Duff...
Categories: Edtech, Educational PracticeFull STEAM Ahead: Remodeling Learning
Yes, it’s relatively easy to introduce technology and to experiment with project-based learning. It’s not so easy to change the law, norms, and practices that are so strongly associated with high schools...
Category: Educational PracticeWe first met the class at the end of a sunny afternoon in July in the quiet of a London suburb. We found ourselves addressing a blur of teenage faces turned expectantly...
Categories: Connected Learning, ResearchIntroducing New Book Series: ‘Connected Youth and Digital Futures’
Building on research supported by the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning initiative, a new series “Connected Youth and Digital Futures,” is debuting its first two books — By Any Media Necessary:...
Category: Equity
