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2/14/12
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Sarah J.
Playing Along: Why Parents and Educators Need to Use & Discuss Media With Children
What can adults do to make media more effective as a learning tool in the home and classroom?2/13/12
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Christine C.
Educause Learning Initiative Kicks Off Annual Meeting; New Horizon Report Released
The Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) 2012 Annual Meeting starts today in Austin and online and runs through Feb. 15. Educause collaborated on the 2012 Horizon Report on Emerging Technologies2/12/12
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Christine C.
PLAYBACK: The Line Between Right Amount and Too Much Technology is Blurred
From school design to classroom lesson plans, how much technology is too much? This week’s PLAYBACK looks at how to teach kids to self-regulate, what’s needed most in any classroom, and a school library that does technology well. Plus, a Nielsen report shows TV-watching time is down among younger demographics, but online and mobile viewing is up.2/08/12
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Christine C.
From MIT to the Great Beyond: Erin King, 17, Launches Acceptance Letter Tube into Space
Let’s say your college acceptance letter arrived in a cardboard tube, along with a note from the university to “hack the tube.” What would do? Paint it? Turn it into a kaleidoscope? Create an aperture science handheld portal device?2/07/12
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Christine C.
Second White House Science Fair Features More Student Exhibits, More STEM Proposals
Students exhibited dozens of smartly designed and eco-savvy projects, and President Obama launched a marshmallow and a number of proposals to help prepare STEM teachers.2/06/12
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Sarah J.
A Game Designer At The White House?
The White House Office of Technology Policy has hired its first social scientist-game designer. We can’t wait to see what she comes up with.2/03/12
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Christine C.
PLAYBACK: News on Teens and Blogs, Facebook, Twitter and Google+, And Schools That Don’t Allow Them
In this week’s PLAYBACK, blogging is better than diary writing in relieving stress, a new Parent’s Guide to Facebook, S. Craig Watkins on what kids miss out on when schools block social media, and more.2/01/12
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Sarah J.
Programs of Their Own: MIT and LEGO Bring Robotics and Coding to Grade School
At The Chestnut Hill School outside of Boston, educators are using MIT Media Labs’ Scratch programming language and innovative robotics tools developed in partnership with Lego to teach STEM subjects to kids as early as first grade.1/30/12
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Sarah J.