Librarian 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 LearningBlog Posts
A 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 PracticeDiana Rhoten: The Science of Reimagining Learning
“From the standpoint of the child, the great waste in the school comes from his inability to utilize the experiences he gets outside the school in any complete and free way within...
Category: Educational PracticeFacebook’s Games: Emerging Sociality
Raquel Recuero is a professor of linguistics and communication in Brazil, and a researcher in social media and Internet culture in South America. The content of this post is based on her...
Category: EdtechChatRoulette: Devil Incarnate or Accessible Public?
It's easy to see new Internet phenomena and panic, especially when the technology in question opens up a portal to all of the weird parts of the Internet. This is precisely what...
Category: Digital CitizenshipSpin: The Digital Media & Learning Conference 2010
Hidden in the tweetstream from the Digital Media and Learning Conference 2010 are hundreds of provocative insights, comments, and observations, and we couldn't help but mine the archive for another round. The...
Category: Digital LearningTeaching and education in America has been a very hot subject in the news. In recent days, there have been lengthy pieces on “building a better teacher,” the ripple effects of a...
Category: Educational PracticeApprenticeship 2.0 Could Fuel 21st Century Learning
In a recent New Yorker piece on cookbooks, Adam Gopnik observes that "the space between learning the facts about how something is done and learning how to do it always turns out to...
Category: Educational PracticeDispatches: Digital Media & Learning Conference 2010
In the wake of the Digital Media and Learning Conference, we’re seeing many great conversations taking place and intriguing questions being asked. Here’s a second wave of tweets harvested from the conference...
Category: Digital LearningRemix: Digital Media and Learning Conference 2010
More than 400 researchers, scholars, educators, practitioners, and youth experts from the emerging digital media and learning field have just returned from our first Digital Media and Learning Conference. We’re still trying...
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