Critical Perspectives Category Archives - Connected Learning Alliance https://clalliance.org/blog/category/critical-perspectives/ Make Learning Relevant Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:23:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Design Matters: Why We Should Resist Using Social Media Shorthand https://clalliance.org/blog/design-matters-why-we-should-resist-using-social-media-shorthand/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:13:23 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89945038 There’s a tendency in popular discourse about social media and its impact on young people to lump all platforms together and talk about a single entity called “social media.” The U.S. Surgeon General has warned that social media poses a mental health risk to teens. The Kids Online Safety Act that was introduced in the... Read more »

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]]> A Race-Grounded Career Advising Framework https://clalliance.org/blog/a-race-grounded-career-advising-framework/ Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:15:21 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944775 The Equitable Futures Innovation Network (EFIN) is a project of the Connected Learning Lab at UC Irvine, focused on fostering career equity in asset-based and identity-affirming ways (Nasir 2012). For the past three years, this project has engaged in research-practice partnerships with career development organizations to surface, describe, and co-develop programmatic approaches and orientations that... Read more »

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]]> A New Edited Collection from MIT Press: Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children https://clalliance.org/blog/a-new-edited-collection-from-mit-press-algorithmic-rights-and-protections-for-children/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:03:04 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944754 With widespread consumer adoption of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Dall-E, public awareness has been growing about potential risks and opportunities for young people’s learning and development. From the first flush of concerns about ChatGPT-generated student essays to fears about AI powered social media driving youth mental health problems, debates over young people’s... Read more »

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]]> The Connected Wellbeing Initiative: Building Understanding and Action Regarding Teens’ Technology Use and Their Mental Health https://clalliance.org/blog/the-connected-wellbeing-initiative-building-understanding-and-action-regarding-teens-technology-use-and-their-mental-health/ Fri, 26 May 2023 03:00:55 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944625 The positive benefits of youth interacting with technology are often ignored while the negatives are emphasized. It’s time for that to change. In a commitment to this effort, the Connected Learning Alliance, along with the Connected Learning Lab at the University of California, Irvine, are excited to share the new Connected Wellbeing Initiative with the... Read more »

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]]> Proceedings of the 2022 Connected Learning Summit Released https://clalliance.org/blog/proceedings-of-the-2022-connected-learning-summit-released/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:44:35 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944556 On behalf of the Connected Learning Summit Conference Committee, we are pleased to announce the publication of the Proceedings of the 2022 Connected Learning Summit.  It is our honor to share with you a proceedings that celebrates participatory, playful, and transformative learning. In 2021, the Connected Learning Summit became a fully online event, supporting inclusive,... Read more »

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]]> Technology’s Child: Making the Complex More Concrete for Research on Kids and Tech https://clalliance.org/blog/technologys-child-making-the-complex-more-concrete-for-research-on-kids-and-tech/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:00:38 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944491 I’ve been researching technology’s role in child development for nearly twenty years. For most of that time, whenever a non-researcher asked me for the verdict – is tech good or bad for kids? – I dutifully replied that it’s complicated, because it is.   And as research continues to accumulate, one could argue things have only... Read more »

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]]> The Power of Participatory Projects: Public Media and Gen Z https://clalliance.org/blog/the-power-of-participatory-projects-public-media-and-gen-z/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 23:03:51 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944448 New research from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center shows the power of involving young people in community organizations as partners, not just beneficiaries. Gen Z in the Room: Making Public Media By and With Youth for the Future, by Mary Madden and Elizabeth Rood, details findings gathered through in-depth interviews with young people and professional... Read more »

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]]> Call for Proposals Now Open for the Sixth Annual Connected Learning Summit https://clalliance.org/blog/call-for-proposals-now-open-for-the-sixth-annual-connected-learning-summit/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:21:31 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944265 Call for proposals now open for the sixth annual Connected Learning Summit, which will run entirely online from October 26 to 28, 2023. Submissions open: March 6, 2023 Deadline for submissions: June 23, 2023 Notifications: August 2023 We invite submissions of Research Papers and Showcases that focus on digital technologies for learning, educational and commercial... Read more »

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]]> Code for What? https://clalliance.org/blog/code-for-what/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:43:47 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944151 Educators are urged to teach “computer science for all!” In our new book, based on ten years of work at YR Media, we respond with a question: “Code for what?” What if emerging creators approached computer science as an expansive medium for storytelling and social justice? How would they use it to produce digital content... Read more »

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]]> ConnectedLib Toolkit 2.0: Bringing Connected Learning to Small and Rural Libraries https://clalliance.org/blog/connectedlib-toolkit-2-0-bringing-connected-learning-to-small-and-rural-libraries/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:00:03 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944028 For the last seven years, I’ve been working with a talented and committed group of researchers and library practitioners on the ConnectedLib Project, a research-practice partnership focused on bringing connected learning to public libraries across the United States. With support from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), our team at the University of... Read more »

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