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4/19/12
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Kelsey Herron
Wikipedia Works to Improve Its Academic Image
Is Wikipedia a credible academic source? The Wikipedia Education Program aims to improve the tool’s reputation among professors and students. But some educators don’t need any convincing.2/25/11
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Sarah Jackson
PLAYBACK: Ask Not What Digital Media Can do for Kids, but What Kids Can Create With Digital Media
James Paul Gee on the brain, video games and learning; preview of the 2011 Digital Media and Learning Conference; research on gaming and urban black youth; Doug Rushkoff on understanding Google; sharing your iPad with your 6-year-old; and Global Kids takes on gaming and global issues.1/25/11
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Teaching Digital & Media Literacy Requires Teaching Skepticism
For MediaShift’s Craig Silverman and history teacher Kevin Levin, the brave new digital world is only as good as our ability to navigate it.8/05/10
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Sarah Jackson
Information Seeking Online: Helping Students Understand Authorship and Credibility
As part of a series on cheating in education and the efforts to stop it, The New York Times recently looked at plagiarism on college campuses and how students in the digital age understand concepts of intellectual property, copyright and authorship.6/07/10
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Sarah Jackson
Kids and Credibility
How well are kids navigating the ocean of information available online? A new report from MIT Press examines how children obtain information and beliefs about its credibility.4/27/10
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
Website Credibility Determined by the Search Route
New research on how young adults evaluate web content concludes that how students get to a website is a key factor in determining how much credibility they assign to the site.2/23/09
Filed by
Connie Yowell
Recent Links in Digital Media & Learning
As is our custom, we’ve gathered a few links in digital media and learning from around the web that might be of interest to our readers. They include a forum and article on simulation games, book reviews and more.2/13/09
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Michael Levine
Michael H. Levine and Carly Shuler: Pockets of Potential
Researchers from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Street Workshop detail the recommendations in their latest study that explores the potential of mobile devices for learning.1/30/09
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Anne Balsamo
Anne Balsamo: Videos and Frameworks for “Tinkering” in a Digital Age
A professor at USC shares video from a recent meeting that brought together artists, educators, researchers, and technology experts to discuss “tinkering” for learning in the digital age.1/22/09
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Marsha L. Semmel
Semmel, Ray, Lukash, & Cherry: IMLS and the WebWise Conference
Leadership from the Institute of Museum and Library Services describe their work and partnerships to put on the annual and upcoming WebWise conference.1/19/09
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Anthony Bryk
Anthony Bryk & Arthur Levine: Convenings to Take Stock and Look Ahead in Digital Media and Learning
The presidents of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation describe a new effort to host a series of conversations about emerging lessons in digital media and learning.1/15/09
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Sarah Jackson
[Reblogged] Cathy Davidson: Digital Media and Learning at MLA
We reblog recent posts from one of HASTAC’s co-founders that reflect on the digital media and learning sessions at the recent MLA Convention.1/08/09
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Mosea Harris
Mosea Harris: Realm of New Thought
A Digital Youth Network student explains the new social networking site he created, Realm of New Thought, designed to provide a platform for youth around the globe to talk about news and politics. This is part of our series on digital media’s young content creators.1/07/09
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Sarah Jackson
[Reblogged] John Palfrey on Facebook Usage
We reblog an NPR/ WBUR interview with John Palfrey, where he discusses his research on Facebook usage. Palfrey is a professor at Harvard University Law School and faculty co-director at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.1/05/09
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Shani Edmond
