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Make video and photo sharing easy while keeping those treasures private and safe.

New and updated social media & mobile statistics that are hard to ignore. Based on the book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman. Category: Science & Technology Tags: * Social Media * Social Media Video * Social Media Revolution * Socialnomics * Erik Qualman

The director of MIT's Comparative Media Studies Program encourages parents to be open minded and willing to learn from their kids.

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Eric Sheninger, a Connected Principal and blogger explains best practices in social networking.

intro to 21st C learning skills

Share with parents or students. Particularly useful for perceptions of older students

This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist

The New Learning Institute delivers engaging, personalized, project-based digital media programs to young people and educators. We work in classrooms, after-school centers, museums, and cultural institutions, or wherever learning takes place. Using the latest mobile technologies and digital media practices and tools, we help young people explore their interests, direct their own learning, and better prepare themselves for living and working in the 21st century.

inspirational clarity regarding the 21st C Teacher. 4.34 min

Describes the importance of designing games as a way to engage students in the exploration of systems.

Nichole Pinkard, founder of the Digital Youth Network describes the importance of media literacy as an essential component of a 21st century education.

Describes the role that digital media can play in helping young people explore their interests especially when deployed at informal learning environments like museums and libraries.

Describes the importance of play, tinkering, and the new role that collaboration and collective expertise - all made possible by digital media - will have in solving complex problems in a constantly changing world.

Mimi Ito of the University of California, Irvine, describes how new media practices are transforming the ways that young people interact, play, collaborate and learn outside of school.