Jonathan Kozol has been a tireless advocate for civil rights in education for the past five decades. His book, Savage Inequalities, was a call to conscience for the nation. He will be among the speakers at the Save Our Schools March and Rally in W…
Month: July 2011
Learning: Is there an app for that? Investigations of young children’s usage and learning with mobile devices and apps | DMLcentral
A mobile media revolution that is changing the lives of adults, and now children of all ages, is under way across the globe. This report focuses on how new forms of digital media are influencing very young children and their families in the United…
Do We Need an Internet Freedom Movement?
via mashable.com Interesting discussion here. What is technology’s role? Serve citizens? Is this happening? Consider censorship on the internet. What happened to freedom? What can we do? “Build consent of the networked?”
The Best Resources For Learning What Google+ Is All About | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Jul 10 2011 –>Larry Ferlazzo The Best Resources For Learning What Google+ Is All About Filed under best of the year, technology Against my better judgment , I took advantage of Lee Kolbert’s generous offer today of providing Google+ invites to he…
What do new Social Networks tell us about Digital Literacies? | DMLcentral
via dmlcentral.net Always thought of literacy as being a social practice, but I never took the time to consider the importance of social networking tools and how they shape our identity. Makes sense. Are you a producer helping to co-construct thes…
What does it mean to be a teacher leader?
Yesterday at CILT training, we were asked to do a quick write. Here’s mine: Leading is not judging. Leading is coaching, modeling, reflecting, scaffolding, risk-taking. A leader admits to not creating the wheel but rather observing openly to learn…
Top 100 Learning Game Resources | Upside Learning Blog
via upsidelearning.com Thank you, Paul Oh for this awesome resource! Lots to learn here.
YOUmedia – Youth-powered 21st century learning
via youmedia.org Love this. I’m envisioning it as an 826 National for digital media literacy. Nice!
Persistent Pondering 