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March 31, 2013 -
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Examining Curriculum in the Digital Age
Although ideas about digital media and learning have become an important area for educational research, little attention has been given to the practical and conceptual implications for the school curriculum. Read More
March 31, 2013 -
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Using Video Games to Measure, Support Learning
To succeed in today’s interconnected and complex world, workers need to be able to think systemically, creatively, and critically. Read More
January 31, 2013 -
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Measuring How Well We’re Preparing Students
If a fundamental goal of education is to prepare students to act independently in the world, an ideal educational assessment would measure how well we are preparing students to do so. Read More
January 15, 2013 -
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Interdisciplinary Researchers Propose New Framework for Learning
Inequities in skills attainment, achievement gaps among ethnicities, and a disconnect between classroom learning and the everyday lives and interests of young people are troubling trends that signify the need for a new framework of learning. Read More
October 31, 2012 -
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Examining Out-of-School Educational Experiences
Schools do not define education, and they are not the only institutions in which learning takes place. Read More
June 25, 2012 -
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Study Finds Young People Using New Media for Participatory Politics
Substantial numbers of young people across racial and ethnic groups are engaging in “participatory politics” Read More
January 31, 2011 -
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How Digital Media Supports Extracurricular Learning
Digital media and technology have become culturally and economically powerful parts of contemporary middle-class American childhoods. Read More
October 31, 2010 -
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The Promise of Game Design in Curriculum and Learning
Quest to Learn, an innovative school for grades 6 to 12 in New York City, grew out of the idea that gaming and game design offer a promising new paradigm for curriculum and learning Read More
July 31, 2010 -
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How Kids Seek and Gauge Reliability of Online Information
How well do children navigate the ocean of information that is available online? The enormous variety of Web-based resources represents both opportunities and challenges for Internet-savvy kids. Read More
April 30, 2010 -
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What Peer Participation Can Teach Government
Firefox, a free Web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation, is used by an estimated 270 million people worldwide. Read More
January 31, 2010 -
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Rethinking Traditional Learning Institutions in the Digital Age
Over the past two decades, the way we learn has changed dramatically. We have new sources of information and new ways to exchange and to interact with information Read More
November 30, 2009 -
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Taking Digital Media and Learning to the Next Step
In New Digital Media and Learning as an Emerging Area and "Worked Examples" as One Way Forward, noted scholar James Paul Gee discusses the evolution of digital media and learning. Read More
October 31, 2009 -
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How Kids Live and Learn with New Media
Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networks sites, and text messaging. Read More
October 15, 2009 -
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The Ethical Fault Lines of New Digital Media
Social networking, blogging, vlogging, gaming, instant messaging, downloading music and other content, uploading and sharing their own creative work: these activities made possible by the new digital media are rich with opportunities and risks for young ... Read More
September 30, 2009 -
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How Computers Became Linked to Children, Learning, and Play
Today, computers are part of kids' everyday lives, used both for play and for learning. We envy children’s natural affinity for computers, the ease with which they click in and out of digital worlds. Read More