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Libraries as ‘Sponsors of Literacies’: Diving Deep to Expose Narratives & Metanarratives
In my last post “Literacies and Fallacies,” I introduced Deborah Brandt’s conceptual approach of sponsors of literacy that connects individual literacy development to the economic development of literacy. I also shared a...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeiFiasco in LA’s Schools: Why Technology Alone Is Never the Answer
The opening sentence to a recent Los Angeles Times article says it all: It took exactly one week for nearly 300 students at Roosevelt High School to hack through security so they could...
Categories: Critical Perspectives, Educational PracticeArduino and Learning: H.S. Teacher Ariel Simons
A powerful recipe for engaged learning: Show students how to command actions in the physical world – make lights blink, sounds sound, motors move, robots roam, sensors sense. Combine this concrete act...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeDigital Storytelling 106: Open, Participatory, Student-centric, Social…the Future?
Far more important to me than all the venture-capitalized consortia of elite university MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) and the hundreds of thousands of students flocking to them is a course taught...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeWhen 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 PracticeHow Computers Can Impede Spaces of Learning
As a technophile, I’ll be the first to admit it: sometimes computers get in the way of learning.Hopefully that can be something we all agree on, right?I’ve mentioned before that one of...
Categories: Critical Perspectives, Educational PracticeTowards the Value, Purpose, and Sustainability of Out-of-School Learning
On the basis of the truism about life/success/genius being 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration it is strange that so many initiatives in education – particularly those aimed at engaging youth who may...
Category: Educational PracticeIt’s obviously summer because my news alerts are no longer steadily reporting concerns about education, our children’s future, the problems with teachers, etc. Perhaps now, then, is the perfect time to address...
Categories: Critical Perspectives, Educational PracticeDigital media are increasingly shaping how we produce, transmit and receive knowledge, but do we often pause to think about the techniques which now mediate how we think and know about education...
Category: Educational PracticeWanted: A New Generation of Problem Solvers
It has been more than a decade since Marc Prensky popularized the term “digital natives” to describe young people’s inherent connection with digital technologies, and while students may be able to successfully...
Category: Educational Practice‘Making’ and Education Reform: Learning to Ride the Wave
At this moment in time, on both sides of the Atlantic, digital making and the maker movement is enjoying its time in the sun. A combination of policy concerns, technological developments, learning...
Categories: Critical Perspectives, Educational PracticeToward A Networked Approach to Improving Education
Which comes first, coordination or collaboration? It’s a classic chicken or egg debate that surfaces among network organizers and one that Peter Wardrip, a Ph.D. student in the Learning Sciences and Policy...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeLearning Online in the Second Grade: Teacher Linda Yollis
Blogging, commenting thoughtfully on others’ blogs, staying safe online, creating a positive digital footprint, using audio and video to connect with students in other parts of the world, creating and publishing video...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeA Student-driven, Afterschool Technology Club: When Reality and Policy Collide
Taking advantage of the online world's ability to help youth develop knowledge, expertise, skills and important new literacies involves risks, but how much? Some researchers and authors such as Lenore Skenazy, Sonia...
Categories: Educational Practice, EquityTeachers, Youth, and Social Media: Experiments
While young people are often adept at navigating networked spaces for social purposes in their everyday lives, it is less clear what role schools and teachers should play in that process. In...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational Practice
