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The Marginal Syllabus: Supporting Educators’ Connected Learning
Earlier this month, Marginal Syllabus leaders participated in the 2018 Connected Learning Summit (CLS) at MIT’s Media Lab. The Marginal Syllabus started in August of the 2016 and, following two years of...
Categories: Connected Learning, EdtechUsing Humor to Connect and Teach
“You can’t shape the world if no one is engaging with you. And humor is very effective in opening a channel of potential connection.” This was just one of many takeaways from...
Categories: Connected Learning, FeaturedTextransformations: Interactive Art Practice as Connected Learning
We find ourselves in a cultural moment that is particularly fraught with the impulse for instant gratification as online social networks have us “plugged in” and busy narrating our lives online. So...
Categories: Connected Learning, FeaturedThe Emergence of the ESU Digital Warriors
In the early weeks of the fall semester of 2017, we developed a series of events that provided students opportunities to create Esports activities that led to a universitywide showcase competition. We...
Categories: Connected Learning, Featured, New TrendsCLS Keynote Speaker to Deliver Talk on Importance of Connected Learning
As a kid in the early 1980s, Baratunde Thurston took part in myriad enrichment activities — from sports and community gardening to boy scouts, cultural spectating and political activism. His mother encouraged...
Category: Connected LearningConnected Learning and 21st Century English Teacher Education
Much of the current rhetoric about technology and education relates to devices and software programs — what types schools should purchase, how much money districts should spend on them, how they should...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational PracticeSchedule Unveiled for Aug. 1-3 Connected Learning Summit at MIT
The eagerly anticipated schedule of the inaugural Connected Learning Summit has been unveiled. The Aug. 1-3 event, to be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, features keynote and plenary...
Category: Connected LearningReteaching Teaching: Pedagogy and Teacher Training for the Digital Age
Digital media and networks, like blackboards and post-it notes, are tools whose effectiveness depends on how they are used. Whether you call it “connected learning” or a “new culture of learning,” deploying...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational Practice10 Connected Learning Lesson Plans from the Remake Learning Network
For me, one of the greatest joys of teaching is the chance to learn from other educators: the opportunity to peek under the hood at all the moving parts behind a dynamite...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational PracticeWatchworthy Wednesday: Be Part of the Connected Learning Summit
The new Connected Learning Summit (CLS), to be held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab Aug. 1-3, will be all about revolutionizing how kids learn, and those interested in progressive...
Category: Connected Learning
