The Digital Youth Research (digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu) group, a group of USC and Cal-Berkeley reseachers working with a MacArthur Foundation Grant, released their Living and Learning with New Media report. Included with in the release was a two page summary of their findings, a white paper report prepared for the MacArthur Foundation, and an online book (chapter [...]
Entries from November 21st, 2008
Living and Learning with New Media Report Released
November 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · 21st Century Learning, teaching and learning
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Life Magazine Photo Archive Hosted by Google
November 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · teaching and learning
You can now access millions of photographs from the Life Magazine photo archives in a Google Image Search. Google, in partnership with Life has now made these photographs, many which have never been published available. You can access these images by either going to http://images.google.com/hosted/life or by adding “source:life” to any Google image search. These [...]
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NCTE Creates Ning for Conference Collaboration
November 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Professional Development
The National Conference of Teachers of English (NCTE) conference will be beginning in less than 24 hours. This year’s conference theme is Because Shift Happens: Teaching in the 21st Century. They have a great list of presenters which are scheduled to be participating in the conference in San Antonio. The better news is that I [...]
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Learning by Observing
November 10th, 2008 · No Comments · 1:1, Professional Development, teaching and learning
It is 4:30 a.m. and I am wide awake, with many idea fragments and thoughts running through my brain. I cannot sleep and have to capture these kernals and observations so that I can retrieve them for the daunting task which I am currently facing, which is to act as an unbiased mirror, reflecting and [...]
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What a Difference a Year Makes
November 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
One year ago, yesterday, began the the most challenging year in my life. My daughter was hospitalized for the third time in nine weeks, but we began to unravel the problems that she was having. Fast forward to this year. She is off on a school trip to the UK with a group of her [...]
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