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Wikimedia and the Future of Public Media
By Mimi Ito 05/17/2010 - 5:50am Comments
As of this week, I am officially part of Wikimedia's advisory board. I'm super excited to be part of the Wikimedia team and community, and am feeling rosy about the promise of all I will learn and hopefully even contribute. Like hordes of other...
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10 Innovative Digital Media & Learning Projects Win $1.7M
By Dante Noto 05/13/2010 - 10:15am Comments
The results of the MacArthur Foundation's 2010 Digital Media and Learning Competition are in, and the 10 winning projects can’t help but to inspire anyone even remotely interested in understanding the potential of the Internet and digital...
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In Praise of Mo' Better Grading
By Cathy Davidson 05/10/2010 - 9:55am Comments
Meanwhile, back at the pedagogical ranch...You may remember that back in November I reported on my experiment in grading, combining the long tradition of contract grading with what I call “crowdsourced grading.”  Since I was already...
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Game Changers Kids Competition 2010
By Dante Noto 05/06/2010 - 11:40am Comments
Announcing the Digital Media and Learning Game Changers Kids Competition! Please share the news and the link to the competition web site, with any kids or colleagues who work with young people who may be interested in applying. The deadline is...
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Librarian 2.0: Buffy J. Hamilton
By Howard Rheingold 05/03/2010 - 7:30am Comments
Which of the following two assignments is more likely to engage high school students and inspire them to learn something?1.  Write a paper about contemporary US war veterans.2.  Create a multimedia resource of news feeds, archival...
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A Digital Native Reflects on the Concept
By Aaron Knochel 04/29/2010 - 6:50am Comments
There is an assumption that digital natives are naturally predisposed to understanding how to use computers and technology, just because we grew up with the Internet, texting, and emailing. I'm 21 years old, I am a so-called digital native, but...
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Harassment by Q&A: Initial Thoughts on Formspring.me
By danah boyd 04/26/2010 - 6:10am Comments
Questions-and-answers have played a central role in digital bonding since the early days of Usenet.  Teenagers have consistently co-opted quizzes and surveys and personality tests to talk about themselves with those around them.  They...
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The iPad and Generativity
By John Jones 04/19/2010 - 7:05am Comments
Since the announcement of Apple's iPad, reactions to the device have been extremely polarized. While some people have been highly critical of the device, others have reacted positively. Still others have reacted first negatively then positively...
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Recommended Resources from Global Kids
By Barry Joseph 04/14/2010 - 11:15am Comments
Editor's note: Global Kids each month points us to their current favorite resources. Please take a moment and share some of yours, too, in the comments section. Also, we always value knowing what the knowledge-hungry leaders at GK are reading,...
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The DML Field: Listening to Critical Voices
By Liz Losh 04/12/2010 - 10:05am Comments
Often the emphasis in Digital Media and Learning is on K-12 education, and so social computing practices in higher education frequently receive less attention from researchers.  A recently released five-year Mellon Foundation study on "...
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