Across the US, schools are back in session. My university started back last week, and, as I usually do, I spent the first day of class discussing the syllabus, explaining to students...
Category: Digital CitizenshipMonth: August 2013
As someone who inhabits multiple learning worlds in libraries and public schools, concepts of literacy–traditional and emerging–are central to my work as I think about pedagogies that inform literacy practices in these...
Category: Digital CitizenshipThe “New Civics,” the “Good Citizen,” and the “Born Digital” Generation
With Rewire out in the world, I’ve had some time this August to think about some of the big questions behind our work at Center for Civic Media, specifically the questions I...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipSummer Reading: The Privilege, Petulance, and Passion of Steve Jobs
Like many, I spent part of my summer catching up on books I've been meaning to read and haven't committed the time to do so during the rest of the year. Along...
Category: EquityComputers and the Internet are really good at copying information and sending it to lots of people at low cost. That's why many of the recent innovations in online learning focus on...
Category: Digital LearningCreative Solutions for Tablets and the Common Core
The recent international conference of researchers on human-computer interaction CHI 2013 in Paris presented the opportunity to survey current trends in the so-called “learning sciences” and to assess new methodologies for computer-assisted...
Category: EdtechWhen I was ten years old, one television program was magical to me: Meet Mr. Wizard. Mr. Wizard was a friendly, knowledgeable old guy (he was probably in his 40s) who explained...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeTeaching and Learning with Minecraft, Part Two: Sara Kaviar
When Sara Kaviar’s students study comparative religions, they don’t just read and view videos. They visit houses of worship, then recreate them in the Minecraft online sandbox and design games in their...
Category: EdtechHow we think about digital media is paralleled by how we think about learner identities. What kinds of learning identities are being promoted for an anticipated future in an increasingly softwarised society?About...
Category: Digital Citizenship
