MIT Press Digital Media Series - 1 views
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Texts related to digital learning from MIT Press. From their site: "The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning examines the effect of digital media tools on how people learn, network, communicate, and play, and how growing up with these tools may affect peoples sense of self, how they express themselves, and their ability to learn, exercise judgment, and think systematically."
Learning Through Digital Media » Learning on Mobile Platforms - 1 views
How Streaming Media Could Threaten the Mission of Libraries - Wired Campus - Blogs - Th... - 0 views
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“Downloading is a transitional technology,” says Mr. Hoek. “Downloading is going to be the punch line to jokes the way eight-track tapes are now.”
Welcome to the 21st Century Learners Website from Pearson! - 0 views
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It means that education must engage new technologies, equip students with rigorous academic coursework, and foster innovation and creativity.
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: Twenty-first-century skills are the special abilities children need to develop so that they can be prepared for the challenges of work and life in the 21st century.
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While a 21st century education still involves mastering the content of core academic subjects, it is proposed that the teaching of the skills identified above, be infused throughout the curriculum.
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DMLcentral - 1 views
A Portal to Media Literacy - 3 views
Anne Balsamo: Videos and Frameworks for "Tinkering" in a Digital Age | Spotlight on Dig... - 1 views
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1.30.09 | The Maker's Movement, the return of "handicrafts," tinkering-these are some of the most fascinating cultural practices making the news recently. In early 2008, an article in the New York Times described the Bay Area Maker's Faire as a gathering of "folks from all walks of life who blend science, technology, craft and art to make things both goofy and grand."
Connecting the Digital Divide to Digital Literacies | Spotlight on Digital Media and Le... - 1 views
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"The term 'digital divide' has long been used to describe the gap between those with access to communications technology and those without-applying to both home computer ownership as well as the delivery of home broadband access, which is still an issue. More recently, the term has referred to the gap in the type of engagement with the digital world. It has come to mean the divide between those who use technology to learn and create and those who use it more for entertainment or staying up to date on social networking sites. It might easily be summed up as the gap between creators and consumers."