Where do social action, art, music, technology, media, pop culture, and most importantly, student needs intersect?
Happy Digital Learning Day Eve! I hope you enjoy some reflections from my students on: Digital Learning Is....
Sitting at a district meeting yesterday, I heard more of an all too widespread and alarming discussion. “Our students aren’t interested in learning like we were.” “The kids today are distracted by gadgets...
via scribd.com Here's a helpful resource to find out about some tools you might not know about. Information is good.
via youmedia.org Love this. I'm envisioning it as an 826 National for digital media literacy. Nice!
via fastcompany.com Now, these are life-changing games that are relevant and meaningful.
How New Digital Media and the Internet are Fueling an Innovative Surge in Communication, Creativity and Collaboration. from DML Research Hub on Vimeo. Shout out to NWP's Elyse Eidman-Aadahl! What a wonderful video reiterating the importance of understanding that it's not about the technology, it's about using the tools to help students become more precise writers who are aware of audience and purpose. She discusses the many changes that have ocurred since her childhood. Consider the many changes yet to come. We...
Solving the puzzle IMAGINE a grade 6 classroom, silent but for the frenzied tapping of keyboards and the beeps and pings of screen games. It's an intense silence, more familiar to parents when children are immersed in Halo — or texting at the dinner table. But in this case they are studying a core subject at Quest to Learn, an innovative new school in New York City. Here, digital games are embraced as highly effective learning tools and the curriculum...