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By Jeff Brazil 01/03/2013 - 5:45pm Comments
You could make the argument that of all the ills perpetuated by the industrial age approach to education the worst is conformity. Originality had no place in a factory production line. Or so it was thought. Likewise, standardized education and...
Creativity, A Literacy  Blog Image
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By Lyndsay Grant 12/31/2012 - 3:10pm Comments
Digital media allow us to produce, collect, organise and interpret more data about our lives than ever before. Our every digital interaction contributes to vast databases of information that index our behaviour from online movie choices to...
Datafication: How the Lens of Data Changes How We See Ourselves Blog Image
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By Whitney Burke 12/27/2012 - 10:55am Comments
As digital technologies become daily staples in both our personal and professional lives, there's been much discussion among educators and community leaders as to whether these devices and innovations could in some way be accountable for shifts...
Howard Gardner: Digital Technology and A Well-Rounded Education Blog Image
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By John Jones 12/24/2012 - 9:00am Comments
Web 2.0 is a common buzzword used to describe social media. The term gained traction in the mid-2000s to describe a change in the way people interacted with media online. Rather than simply being passive consumers, individuals could now...
What Students Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street Blog Image
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By Jeff Brazil 12/20/2012 - 5:55pm Comments
This short film explores a fundamental ingredient of learning and human potential: mentoring. Its potential is arguably even more pronounced today because of our ability to connect with others who share our interests through the internet and...
Mentoring: The Gift of Validation Blog Image
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By Howard Rheingold 12/17/2012 - 9:00am Comments
If you seek examples of civic engagement by young people, look no further than the Community Innovation Lab, a mashup of Harvard students and faculty, the city of Boston, and established neighborhood associations. The core of this town-gown-...
Community Innovation Lab
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By Jeff Brazil 12/14/2012 - 7:45am Comments
We commissioned filmmaker Nic Askew to make a series of short films that explores the underlying thinking of our six principles of connected learning: interests, peers, youth as producers, networks, shared purpose and academics. Together, the...
Making + Playing + Understanding = Learning Blog Image
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By monika hardy 12/10/2012 - 9:30am Comments
Public education could be the most accelerating venue for social change. Rather than waiting for any of the incredible [past, current and ongoing] innovations in redefining public education to scale, imagine we scale the individual. Imagine a...
To Hasten Equity ... Scale the Individual Blog Image
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By Barry Joseph 12/06/2012 - 10:30am Comments
For two years I have worked with my team at Global Kids to highlight some of the best online resources that inspire digital media and learning projects. It has been some time, however, since I made a new post. I am excited to share the reason...
On Digital Badging, Edge Work, 12 Lessons After 12 Years Blog Image
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By Lyndsay Grant 12/03/2012 - 6:30am Comments
Digital maps allow us to map our journeys across times and places, linking virtual information to physical locations. What do digital maps teach us about how to see the world and our place in it and what kinds of navigations do they make...
Mapping Our Learning Worlds Blog Image