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Smart Schools in Sentient Cities
What makes a city “smart?” And, in a “smart city,” what makes a “smart school?” Designers, researchers and commercial technology companies are increasingly concerned with the development of "smarter cities," "programmable cities" ...
Categories: Edtech, New TrendsI often hear people say, “It’s not about the badge. It’s about the learning.” Well, yes. It is always good to bring the focus back to what we value. But, what if...
Category: EdtechIf you’re anything like hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people around the world, one of the first things you do in the morning is check your social media feeds. These...
Category: Digital CitizenshipConnecting Learners Through Hashtags, Focal Points
Like others who have become important co-learners in my personal learning network, I met Dr. Maha Bali, associate professor of practice of the Center for Learning and Teaching at American University in...
Category: Digital LearningRethinking the Web as Picture Book and Soundscape
I have a dear friend who entered graduate studies in my department a bit after I’d started. I will call him Sam. Sam was different. He was one of the few other...
Category: EquityI remember vividly when I received my first account on a UNIX computer that was connected to the Internet. In the early 90s, the Internet in Germany was still in its infancy...
Category: Digital LearningPotential and Pitfalls of Digital Reading Platforms for Connected Learning
At the recent Tech for Schools Summit hosted by EdSurge at the USC Rossier School of Education, organizers promised that the event was designed “for educators by educators” and that attendees would...
Categories: Connected Learning, EdtechThe Disappearing Selfie, Part 3
This is the third and last of a three-blog series exploring the selfie as a digital object and the ways in which it posits challenges for us to understand and analyse it...
Category: Digital CitizenshipReflections on Reading, Learning via Electronic Literature
I am currently teaching “Writing Electronic Literature” and I admit it is one of my favorite classes to teach these days. There are many reasons for this. Perhaps the first is that...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital Learning
