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Creativity is Fundamental for Lifelong Learning
Creativity is for everyone, according to Mitchel Resnick, the LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, where he directs the Lifelong Kindergarten research group. “It’s...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeReteaching 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 PracticeMedia and Civic Engagement: Growing Youth Enthusiasm
Democracy is not just about choosing your own leaders. Democracy can only take root in a population that is free enough and educated enough to discuss issues, form public opinion, and influence...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipYoung People’s Nonpolitical Online Activity Supports Democratic Life
Emma González, a high school student from Parkland, now has more Twitter followers than the NRA. Indeed, numerous students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have turned the social media skills and...
Categories: Civic Engagement, FeaturedTaking Control of Digital Identity
My college freshmen, all 84, are deep into a study of digital cultures and digital literacies as we head toward Week 4 of our semester. I designed this first-year comp class so...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeParenting in the Age of Screen Time
Setting screen time rules isn’t simple, but Anya Kamenetz’ new book, “The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life,” aims to help parents moderate technology...
Category: Digital CitizenshipThe tyranny of correct answers masks a vital and essential element of learning — the practice of debugging. When you make something, however, especially something that involves code and/or electronic or mechanical...
Category: Educational PracticeTeaching Underrepresented Students How to Navigate Higher Ed Via Digital Humanities
This is the third part in a multi-part series about participants in the Race, Memory, and the Digital Humanities conference. This series features public intellectuals discussing digital literacy issues. Professor Marisa Parham...
Category: EquityCo-Learning: Modeling Cooperative-Collaborative Learning
Moving the classroom chairs in a circle had radical effects on the way we all looked at our learning: As I told my students, if we transported a warrior from 1,000 years...
Category: Educational Practice
