FEATURED MEDIAYOUmedia is a network of libraries, museums, and community-based organizations that support youth digital literacies (much of which would qualify as "critical digital literacies). In addition to connected learning, the research on which the network is based includes Mimi Ito's work on HOMAGO (hanging out, messing around, geeking out), an ethnographic study of over 700 youth on their digital literacies practices.
Randy Nelson, former Dean of Pixar University speaks at the 2008 Apple Education Leadership Summit about "plussing" technique, innovation, resilience, finding potential, and the difference between cooperation and collaboration.
James Gee on "Teachers Teaching Teachers," a weekly webcast of the NYC Writing Project.
What if we told a different story about teaching...
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Link to Cindy's Blog: "A Little Something"
Radio Rookies
(Hannah recommends this radio project for youth in NYC. It's affiliated with New York Public Radio and reflects many of the principles associated with Connected Learning. There's a tab with educator resources, too!) Brainpickings Le Book |
Book Club books
It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens by danah boyd: Drawing on extensive interviews with young people between the ages of 10 and 25, James describes the nature of their thinking about privacy, property, and participation online.
The App Generation: How Today's Youth Navigate Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World by Howard Gardner & Katie Davis: Concerns three vital areas of adolescent life: identity, intimacy, and imagination. Through innovative research, including interviews of young people, focus groups of those who work with them, and a unique comparison of youthful artistic productions before and after the digital revolution, the authors uncover the drawbacks and benefits of apps.
Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap by Carrie James: Drawing on extensive interviews with young people between the ages of 10 and 25, James describes the nature of their thinking about privacy, property, and participation online.
The App Generation: How Today's Youth Navigate Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World by Howard Gardner & Katie Davis: Concerns three vital areas of adolescent life: identity, intimacy, and imagination. Through innovative research, including interviews of young people, focus groups of those who work with them, and a unique comparison of youthful artistic productions before and after the digital revolution, the authors uncover the drawbacks and benefits of apps.
Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap by Carrie James: Drawing on extensive interviews with young people between the ages of 10 and 25, James describes the nature of their thinking about privacy, property, and participation online.