‘Connected Learning’ in Edge Communities

Published By On November 15th 2011. Under Digital Divides, Digital Media and Learning, Research, Social Media, Technology + Education, Teens and Technology    
For more than eight weeks now I have been working with a high school in the Central Texas area, getting to know students, teachers, and administrators. Along with a fantastic ... Read More
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Conectar Iguladad: Argentina’s Bold Move to Build an Equitable Digital Future

Published By On September 15th 2011. Under Digital Divides, Digital Media and Learning, Social Media, Technology + Education, Teens and Technology    
I recently had a chance to participate in a wonderful conference in Buenos Aires.  El Congreso Internacional de Inclusión Digital Educativa (The International Conference on Digital Inclusion Education) was an event that celebrated and ... Read More
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The Young and the Digital Talks with Mind/Shift

Published By On July 23rd 2011. Under Digital Divides, Digital Media and Learning, Mobile, Mobile Learning, Social Media, Technology + Education    
Tina Barseghian's site Mind/Shift is a great resource for learning about some of the most interesting trends and practices in education, schools, and the  lives of young learners.  Mind/Shift spotlights ... Read More
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Games, Grit, and a ‘Need to Know’

Published By On July 4th 2011. Under Technology + Education, Teens and Technology    
In the middle of one of the hottest and driest summers on record twenty Austin area high school students showed up for school everyday for four weeks.  While the four-week ... Read More
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Digital Divides & Digital Literacies: An Ongoing Report

Published By On July 1st 2011. Under Digital Divides, Mobile, News, Research, Social Media, Technology + Education    
Earlier this week National Public Radio's "Tell Me More" aired a conversation that I shared with Tony Cox about the digital divide. We talked about the ways in which the ... Read More
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Mobile Phones and America’s Learning Divide

Published By On May 27th 2011. Under Digital Divides, Mobile, Research, Technology + Education    
During a recent research related visit to New York City I decided to take a stroll down 125th Street in Harlem.  Among the assortment of shops and vendors on the ... Read More
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Doing Civics: What Should Civic Learning Look Like in an Age of Social and Technological Change?

Published By On April 22nd 2011. Under Social Media, Technology + Education, Teens and Technology    
Recently, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and her iCivics team convened a thought provoking conference, Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age.  In partnership with the Aspen Institute, ... Read More
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Social Movements in the Age of Social Media: Participatory Politics in Egypt

Published By On February 18th 2011. Under News, Politics and Social Media, Young Adults and Technology    
In the wake of the uprising that shook up Egypt and ended the thirty year regime of Hosni Mubarak a growing debate around the role of social media has ensued.  ... Read More
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Defining Social Behavior Outward: Some Thoughts on the New York Times Piece About Our Facebook Study

Published By On February 3rd 2011. Under News, Research, Social Media, Social Networking Sites, Young Adults and Technology    
The New York Times' Pamela Paul writes about our Facebook study in her Sunday bi-weekly column, Studied.  Her piece, Does Facebook Make Someone Social Offline?, considers one of the main ... Read More
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The Young and the Digital in PC World

Published By On January 19th 2011. Under Book, Mobile, News, Social Media, Social Networking Sites    
Last year my editor in Boston notified me that Western Washington University had selected The Young and  the Digital for its Western Reads program.  I learned that all new ... Read More
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