2014: A DML Look Back, Forward
For my final post of the year, I thought I would turn the mic around and ask YOU, the ever faithful DML Central reader, what you think about the year in digital...
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2014: A DML Look Back, Forward
For my final post of the year, I thought I would turn the mic around and ask YOU, the ever faithful DML Central reader, what you think about the year in digital...
Category: Digital LearningLet Go of Fear for Connected Learning Success
I want to talk about the one thing that I think is the biggest risk in connected learning: Not Trying. The biggest barrier to meaningful experimentation that I’ve encountered is the fear...
Category: Connected LearningGenius: Web Annotation, Digital Literacies and Educational Possibilities
The same evening as the non-indictment announcement in the Michael Brown case was announced, I received an email notification from Genius.com about a teacher-driven conversation called “How do I talk to my...
Category: EdtechFerguson, Social Media and Educational Dialogue
As St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch stepped to the microphone on the evening of Nov. 24 to announce the grand jury’s decision about the fate of Darren Wilson, the police officer...
Category: Digital CitizenshipTinkering and Thinking with Maker Kylie Peppler
Some enthusiasts of digital media in learning and inclusion of making/tinkering as a learning activity — including myself — believe that talking about tinkering while doing it, in person and online, can...
Category: Educational PracticeRevolution: Thank You, Brother Mike
It was more than 10 years ago that I first met Brother Mike, before the launch of our Digital Media and Learning initiative and before the birth of the Digital Youth Network program....
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeComputing Brains: Neuroscience, Machine Intelligence and Big Data in the Cognitive Classroom
The human brain has become a major topic in education. The field of educational neuroscience, or neuroeducation, is flourishing. At the same time, a number of initiatives based in computer science departments...
Categories: Edtech, New TrendsStriving for New Ways to Learn How to Learn
Much hope, promise, and cash has been invested in technology for the classroom, yet this hype has often set the stage for nothing more than technologically-powered traditional content delivery paradigms masquerading as...
Categories: Edtech, Educational PracticeA Brief History of Web Literacy and its Future Potential
"Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future." — George Orwell Part of history is telling stories. It's about privileging some type of...
Category: Digital Citizenship