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The 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, 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 LearningScientists Seek Genetic Data to Personalize Education
Researchers have begun to propose using genetic data from students to personalize education. Bringing genetics into education is highly controversial. It raises significant concerns about biological discrimination and rekindles long debates about...
Categories: Edtech, New TrendsConnected 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 PracticeRaising Conservation Awareness through Minecraft Aquatic Game for World Oceans Day
In an effort to raise awareness of marine conservation, the Ocean Institute, Connected Camps and the Connected Learning Alliance are inviting young people to take part in a Minecraft social media activation...
Category: Civic EngagementGoogle Report Reveals State of K-12 Computer Science Education
Computer scientists still are in high demand in the U.S., people of color still are disproportionately underrepresented in the field and whether and how computer science (CS) is taught varies wildly, according...
Category: Educational PracticeAmplifying Student Voice Through Digital Resources, Part 2
“Our stories that we tell are so powerful because when we are the one’s telling it, we have control over our stories and the messages that we are sending.” — Alejandra Ramirez...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeAmplifying Student Voice Through Digital Resources, Part 1
As I shared in a previous post, I’ve spent this semester working with 84 incredible freshmen and 10 writing mentors, exploring digital culture and identities in our first-year writing course. We read...
Categories: Civic Engagement, 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 LearningFrom the Streets to the Archives, Part 3
Editor’s note: This is the third part of a three-part post featuring the fourth interview in a multi-part series with participants in the Race, Memory, and the Digital Humanities Conference. The series...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityPreparing Youth for Online Civic, Political Action
The internet is where many young people get their news and express their own perspectives on civic and political issues. So, how can educators prepare them to be heard in an informed...
Category: Civic EngagementBlack Code Studies 101, Part 2
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three-part post featuring the fourth interview in a multi-part series with participants in the Race, Memory, and the Digital Humanities Conference. The series...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityNew MIT Book Series Seeks Authors
How large-scale online environments — such as massive open online courses (MOOCs), intelligent tutoring systems, learning games, collaborative programming communities, community tutorial systems, social learning networks and numerous informal communities of learners...
Category: Digital LearningRethinking Black Digital Literacy, Part 1
Editor's note: This is the first part of a three-part post featuring the fourth interview in a multi-part series with participants in the Race, Memory, and the Digital Humanities Conference. The series...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityCreativity 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 Practice
