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Peering Deep into Future of Educational Credentialing
I recently attended Nesta's FutureFest event in London. It was a heady mix of everything related to what's next: from food to technology to economics to politics. What really caught my attention, however, was...
Category: EdtechThe Nuts and Bolts of Digital Civic Imagination
I grew up in Oakland when the Black Panthers were setting up free lunches and breakfasts for me and my classmates in Oakland public schools and carrying guns to defend themselves and...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipWriting Our Way Into Inquiry and Presearch
As we continue our efforts to think about writing literacies as a focal point of our inquiry work in a high school library, my colleague Jennifer Lund and I continue to see the power...
Category: Educational PracticeLooking Ahead to Games for Change
Growing to the thousands of attendees and general public that will encounter the games, ideas, and fun that are a part of this year’s Games for Change Festival hasn’t been easy. Asi Burak, president...
Category: EdtechTens of thousands from across the U.S. and around the world will settle in Austin this week to join in the big festival known as South by Southwest (SXSW). For two weeks, it's a...
Category: EquityTeaching Urban Digital Literacy Outside School, Part 2
Editor's note: This is the second in a three-part series highlighting different programs that teach digital literacy outside of school. Doctoral candidate Eunsong Kim has become an expert on Twitter ethics involving communities of color who...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeToday’s impending release of the Apple Watch, Apple’s highly-anticipated entry into wearable computing, has prompted a new round of discussion about the company’s design prowess.While the computer-maker’s design chops are universally acknowledged,...
Category: Critical PerspectivesAugmented Wearables and the Future of Museums
Wired’s recent cover article, “Microsoft in the Age of Satya Nadella,” is a fascinating piece about how the software giant is aiming to reposition itself to remain dominant in the next operating...
Categories: Edtech, New TrendsKitHub Designed to Empower Young Innovators
KitHub, “creative electronics for young innovators,” is a kit-of-the-month club for young makers, their parents, and their families. It was designed to empower kids and parents who weren’t necessarily close to a...
Categories: Digital Learning, Equity
