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By Barry Joseph 08/18/2011 - 2:55pm Comments
The latest fascinating report from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, "Families Matter: Designing Media for a Digital Age," offers one of the first large-scale studies to explore ideas parents have about their young children’s use and access of media...
Great Resources (August Edition): Youth Culture Blog Image
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By Whitney Burke 01/06/2012 - 8:25am Comments
Karen Brennan is a PhD student in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, where she is a member of the Scratch Team, a group responsible for creating and developing a user-friendly educational programming language, and leader of...
School 3.0: Design. Create. Learn. Repeat.
Barry Joseph Profile Picture
By Barry Joseph 08/18/2011 - 2:55pm Comments
The latest fascinating report from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, "Families Matter: Designing Media for a Digital Age," offers one of the first large-scale studies to explore ideas parents have about their young children’s use and access of media...
Great Resources (August Edition): Youth Culture Blog Image
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By John Jones 11/11/2011 - 9:25am Comments
For years, a common method for teaching writing in elementary and secondary school was the five paragraph essay. Lately this style of essay has fallen out of favor, for a variety of reasons. However, one of the most compelling reasons to avoid...
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By Howard Rheingold 12/19/2011 - 9:00am Comments
Steve Hargadon is the Charlie Rose of technology, learning and teaching. On his website, the Future of Education, he has interviewed everyone: from Clay Shirky to Diane Ravitch to Ken Robinson to Howard Gardner, and nearly all those in between...
Steve Hargadon: Reimagining Education
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By Whitney Burke 01/06/2012 - 8:25am Comments
Karen Brennan is a PhD student in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, where she is a member of the Scratch Team, a group responsible for creating and developing a user-friendly educational programming language, and leader of...
School 3.0: Design. Create. Learn. Repeat.
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By Whitney Burke 01/20/2012 - 8:30am Comments
Aaron Knochel is an assistant professor at SUNY New Paltz, teaching upper division courses in curriculum theory and practice and "technology in the art classroom" in the university’s Art Education program. This past August, Knochel received his...
The Possibilities of Learning and Teaching Art in a 'Connected' World
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By Antero Garcia 08/22/2011 - 9:50am Comments
Over the course of four days earlier this summer at a lush retreat in Seattle, I had the opportunity to write and engage with some of the most exciting teachers I’ve been able to interact with in my career. Aside from the fact that I spent most...
Website Accelerates Teacher-to-Teacher Learning
Howard Rheingold  Profile Picture
By Howard Rheingold 12/19/2011 - 9:00am Comments
Steve Hargadon is the Charlie Rose of technology, learning and teaching. On his website, the Future of Education, he has interviewed everyone: from Clay Shirky to Diane Ravitch to Ken Robinson to Howard Gardner, and nearly all those in between...
Steve Hargadon: Reimagining Education
Whitney Burke Profile Picture
By Whitney Burke 01/20/2012 - 8:30am Comments
Aaron Knochel is an assistant professor at SUNY New Paltz, teaching upper division courses in curriculum theory and practice and "technology in the art classroom" in the university’s Art Education program. This past August, Knochel received his...
The Possibilities of Learning and Teaching Art in a 'Connected' World
Barry Joseph Profile Picture
By Barry Joseph 08/18/2011 - 2:55pm Comments
The latest fascinating report from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, "Families Matter: Designing Media for a Digital Age," offers one of the first large-scale studies to explore ideas parents have about their young children’s use and access of media...
Great Resources (August Edition): Youth Culture Blog Image
Howard Rheingold  Profile Picture
By Howard Rheingold 12/19/2011 - 9:00am Comments
Steve Hargadon is the Charlie Rose of technology, learning and teaching. On his website, the Future of Education, he has interviewed everyone: from Clay Shirky to Diane Ravitch to Ken Robinson to Howard Gardner, and nearly all those in between...
Steve Hargadon: Reimagining Education
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By Antero Garcia 07/19/2011 - 11:10am Comments
Multiliteracies is an area of interest for me and my classroom, and I am hoping to use this post for dialogue and collective theory-building. But first, I want to talk briefly about being a book geek. As an English teacher, I am passionate...
Multiliteracies: Thinking “Beyond New London”  Blog Image
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By John Jones 11/11/2011 - 9:25am Comments
For years, a common method for teaching writing in elementary and secondary school was the five paragraph essay. Lately this style of essay has fallen out of favor, for a variety of reasons. However, one of the most compelling reasons to avoid...
Teaching Publishing is a 21st Century Literacy Blog Image
Antero Garcia Profile Picture
By Antero Garcia 07/19/2011 - 11:10am Comments
Multiliteracies is an area of interest for me and my classroom, and I am hoping to use this post for dialogue and collective theory-building. But first, I want to talk briefly about being a book geek. As an English teacher, I am passionate...
Multiliteracies: Thinking “Beyond New London”  Blog Image
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By Antero Garcia 08/22/2011 - 9:50am Comments
Over the course of four days earlier this summer at a lush retreat in Seattle, I had the opportunity to write and engage with some of the most exciting teachers I’ve been able to interact with in my career. Aside from the fact that I spent most...
Website Accelerates Teacher-to-Teacher Learning
Whitney Burke Profile Picture
By Whitney Burke 01/06/2012 - 8:25am Comments
Karen Brennan is a PhD student in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, where she is a member of the Scratch Team, a group responsible for creating and developing a user-friendly educational programming language, and leader of...
School 3.0: Design. Create. Learn. Repeat.
Antero Garcia Profile Picture
By Antero Garcia 07/19/2011 - 11:10am Comments
Multiliteracies is an area of interest for me and my classroom, and I am hoping to use this post for dialogue and collective theory-building. But first, I want to talk briefly about being a book geek. As an English teacher, I am passionate...
Multiliteracies: Thinking “Beyond New London”  Blog Image
Antero Garcia Profile Picture
By Antero Garcia 08/22/2011 - 9:50am Comments
Over the course of four days earlier this summer at a lush retreat in Seattle, I had the opportunity to write and engage with some of the most exciting teachers I’ve been able to interact with in my career. Aside from the fact that I spent most...
Website Accelerates Teacher-to-Teacher Learning
John Jones  Profile Picture
By John Jones 11/11/2011 - 9:25am Comments
For years, a common method for teaching writing in elementary and secondary school was the five paragraph essay. Lately this style of essay has fallen out of favor, for a variety of reasons. However, one of the most compelling reasons to avoid...
Teaching Publishing is a 21st Century Literacy Blog Image