Post-Platonic Writing on the Web
In the Phaedrus, Plato famously objected to writing, noting that it would cause a number of ills: it would lead to the decay of memory, it would deceive people into thinking that...
Category: Digital CitizenshipMonth: September 2010
Bio-Politics, Video Games, and Kids’ Bodies
Some recent research findings have got me thinking a lot about Franz Kafka’s story about a young clerical worker who wakes up half-transformed into a giant insect. No, it’s not research from...
Category: ResearchYouMedia: A New Vision for Learning
In July 2009, YouMedia launched as an ambitious attempt to re-imagine the library as a more relevant learning resource for today’s teens. Understanding that the landscape has changed how teens learn, socialize...
Category: Educational PracticeParticipation, Technology, and the Power of Sharing
This year’s convention of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) attracted more than 20,000 programmers, artists, researchers, filmmakers, and gaming professionals - as well...
Category: Digital LearningCall for Papers: Digital Media & Learning Conference 2011
Professor Katie Salen is Chair of the Digital Media & Learning Conference 2011. Her work at the innovative Quest to Learn school in New York City has been featured most recently in...
Categories: Digital Learning, EquityDigital Media and the Changing Nature of Authorship
Students spend a lot of time writing. Most everyone vividly remembers writing essays for school, and, for many, those memories are not necessarily pleasant. Talk of writing in the classroom often dredges...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityRecommended Reading, Viewing, Clicking (Part 2)
Editor's note: Global Kids does a great job mining the 24/7 flow of resources coming out of the digital media and learning field. They share some of their favorites each month. Please...
Category: Digital Citizenship
