E09Fall2012

While some young writers may struggle with traditional literacy, tapping into new literacies like digital storytelling may boost motivation and scaffold understanding of traditional literacies

Creating digital stories invites students to employ old and new literacies, and through the process of creating a movie they erect, explore, and exhibit other literacies

educators (including myself) have found that Twitter is an effective way to broaden participation in lecture.

“It’s been really exciting because, in classes like this, you’ll have three people who talk about the discussion material, and so to actually have 30 or 40 people at the same time talking about it is really interesting,”

digital communication helps overcome the shyness barrier.

My book offers a prescription for revolutionizing the American education system. I ask questions like: What if we tailored education to every single child? What if students' voices were heard and seen as human beings, not numbers in a spreadsheet? What if school became an incubator of innovation and a bridge between the community and the world?

Unionized teachers have opposed unilateral imposition of new evaluations, arguing that the criteria should be negotiated like all other work rules

They also question the value of testing as part of the evaluation process, arguing that student performance varies too

because of factors outside the classroom.

Students design simple video games in a class dubbed Sports for the Mind.

This process of creating, reflecting, and refining aligns well with the philosophy behind Quest to Learn,