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It’s an amazing time to be a learner – Will Richardson
Your personal learning network is not just a network of people you learn from. A "pln," as enthusiasts call them, is a network of people who are learning together. I was given...
Category: Digital LearningReanimating education: ideas, questions, inspirations
Editor’s note: We asked student blogger Chris Sinclair to examine all the discourse, content, and conversation in and around the recent TEDxNYED event on education reform, curate it, and comment on it...
Category: Educational PracticeEmergent Networks: Fotologs as Performances of the Self
Raquel Recuero, a Brazilian professor, is an Internet culture researcher in South America. Fotolog, a photo-sharing site, grew quickly in South America, becoming one of the most popular social networking services in...
Category: Digital CitizenshipRecommended reads, links from Global Kids
Editor's note: Global Kids regularly points us to their current favorite resources. Please tell us what you're reading or watching and why others should as well!At the top of our list is...
Category: Digital CitizenshipWikimedia and the Future of Public Media
As of this week, I am officially part of Wikimedia's advisory board. I'm super excited to be part of the Wikimedia team and community, and am feeling rosy about the promise of...
Category: Digital Learning10 Innovative Digital Media & Learning Projects Win $1.7M
The results of the MacArthur Foundation's 2010 Digital Media and Learning Competition are in, and the 10 winning projects can’t help but to inspire anyone even remotely interested in understanding the potential...
Category: EdtechIn Praise of Mo’ Better Grading
Meanwhile, back at the pedagogical ranch...You may remember that back in November I reported on my experiment in grading, combining the long tradition of contract grading with what I call “crowdsourced grading.” ...
Category: Educational PracticeGame Changers Kids Competition 2010
Announcing the Digital Media and Learning Game Changers Kids Competition! Please share the news and the link to the competition web site, with any kids or colleagues who work with young people...
Category: EdtechLibrarian 2.0: Buffy J. Hamilton
Which of the following two assignments is more likely to engage high school students and inspire them to learn something? 1. Write a paper about contemporary US war veterans. 2. Create a...
Category: Digital LearningA Digital Native Reflects on the Concept
There is an assumption that digital natives are naturally predisposed to understanding how to use computers and technology, just because we grew up with the Internet, texting, and emailing. I'm 21 years...
Category: Digital CitizenshipHarassment by Q&A: Initial Thoughts on Formspring.me
Questions-and-answers have played a central role in digital bonding since the early days of Usenet. Teenagers have consistently co-opted quizzes and surveys and personality tests to talk about themselves with those around...
Category: Digital CitizenshipSince the announcement of Apple's iPad, reactions to the device have been extremely polarized. While some people have been highly critical of the device, others have reacted positively. Still others have reacted...
Category: Critical PerspectivesRecommended Resources from Global Kids
Editor's note: Global Kids each month points us to their current favorite resources. Please take a moment and share some of yours, too, in the comments section. Also, we always value knowing...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Digital LearningThe DML Field: Listening to Critical Voices
Often the emphasis in Digital Media and Learning is on K-12 education, and so social computing practices in higher education frequently receive less attention from researchers. A recently released five-year Mellon Foundation...
Category: Research“Scaling John Seely Brown” and the “End of Endism”
I recently had occasion to talk on the phone with someone whose posts on education and social media I follow with interest on Twitter. ToughLoveforX (his Twitter name) is a retired printer...
Category: Educational Practice
