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PVK 2010: Flash mob video games
When flash mobs — impromptu gatherings often coordinated through social media — began popping up in Center City Philadelphia, many media outlets characterized the mobs in a negative light, focusing on...
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Reflections from an English Major
Back in the day, when people debated about what to call this new enterprise, this practice of engaging learners in noticing, analyzing, reflecting on, and composing in response to their own mediated...
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In-Between Two Worlds: From Print to Digital
This is a version of the presentation I made at the January 22, 2012 “One Book, One State” event which was sponsored by the Rhode Island’s Center for the Book. More than 200 people gathered in a...
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The Paradox of Being Mean
How refreshing to see my alma mater, Harvard Ed School, welcome Lady Gaga to campus to launch the Born this Way Foundation, dedicated to creating a safe community that helps connect young people with...
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Defining Digital Literacy
What is digital literacy? The term has been rising in visibility since 2009 but it has been used quite differently by a variety of stakeholders including policy makers, educators, and business and...
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Starting off 2015 Right!
Happy New Year 2015! We’re proud to be starting off the new year with some great colleagues and great things percolating for 2015. Here’s a sneak peak of what’s emerging on our radar screen this year:...
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National Ed Tech Plan 2016
I’ll be the first to admit that I have not been a fan of the federal government’s approach to educational technology. In 2010, the National Educational Technology Plan, which was subtitled, “Learning...
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The Story of the Book
As a young scholar, back in the early 1990s, I had the chance to visit the offices of the Center for Media Literacy in Los Angeles, where Elizabeth Thoman was publishing Media&Values, a media...
View ArticleCommit to Be the Change
When our team faced the Twitter storm in response to my impulsive photo sharing, Julie Coiro and I got together to reflect on our ongoing commitment to social justice. We acknowledged the need to do...
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