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Youth And Digital Learning: Are Kids Different Because Of Digital Media?

Literacy / November 18, 2012

The brute force of social media, combined with the incredible access to–and engaging nature of–digital media like video games, videos, […]

Literacy / November 18, 2012 / New Teacher

The future library system won’t disappear soon, but rather, blossom into something in congruence with today’s myriad informational demands.

Literacy / November 17, 2012

Promoting reading, writing, and other academic subjects stands as crucial to keeping humanity from wrecking itself before it checks itself.

Literacy / November 13, 2012 / New Teacher

It’s a shame more people are not aware of the wide array of free online libraries. Databases, books, videos, audio

Literacy / November 6, 2012

Ask just about any teacher if kids today are struggling with writing and you’ll get a resounding “yes.” While curmudgeonly

Literacy / October 26, 2012

Student bloggers develop crucial skills with language, tone their critical thinking muscles, and understand their relationship to the world.

Like thinking, reading in the 21st century is endlessly linked in an increasingly visible web of physical and digital media forms.

Here, are a few amazing iPad apps for struggling readers and writers to help them see school as fun and engaging, not a struggle.

Literacy / August 10, 2012

In the world of tech, education, and culture, thinking differently is at worst a path to revelation, at best, the way to spectacular change.

Literacy / August 9, 2012

Ever heard of Inanimate Alice? Understand what all the fuss is? If the answer is “no” to either, take a gander here.

Literacy / August 8, 2012

While a student isn’t likely to start a social media-based group to improve their writing, it doesn’t mean they can’t get feedback from peers.