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Participatory Culture: Building Blocks for School Leaders Webinar

Watch this 30-minute archived webinar and learn more about CoSN’s new online resources for superintendents, principals, CTOs/ technology directors and curriculum directors to foster participatory learning and support system changes in the school culture through the use of digital media.


Virtual  International Colloquium - Informal and Formal Learning:  Issues and Opportunities for Schooling

Watch this 90-minute archived webinar with educational leaders from the U.S. and abroad discussing  key issues, problems, and resources relating to bridging the gap between formal and informal learning in the lives of children.Presenters include: Mimi Ito, Professor in Residence, University of California, Irvine
and Keimpe de Heer, Manager Creative Lab, Netherlands. 


An Evening to Re-Imagine Learning in the 21st Century

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, CoSN,  The New School, Pearson Foundation, Quest to Learn, and New Youth City Learning Network  hosted an event to help re-imagine learning in the 21st century. The evening’s conversations and demonstrations explored the future of learning through present day efforts such as the New Youth City Learning Network and Quest to Learn.

Watch videos from the event. 

New Digital Media in the Lives of Our Children at Home and School

What role should digital media play in educating youth today? On September 21, the Consortium on School Networking (CoSN), Common Sense Media, and the National Writing Project, with support from the MacArthur Foundation, briefed members of Congress and their staff on that very question. 

Watch the video from the Digital Median Learning Spotlight Blog, produced by Ben Wolff, for more on this briefing, including the need to foster partnerships between school and afterschool, the need for better professional development for teachers, views of teens and parents, and how teachers are using digital media to awaken the desire to learn, and ultimately how to better our education system for the future, and today.
 

Anytime, Anywhere: Online Learning Shapes the Future

Schools and districts around the country are discovering the benefits of online learning: flexible scheduling, personalized learning, and expanded course offerings despite budget cuts.More on this story.
 

A Brief History of Technology in Education

Video from Copiague Middle School. A look at how far we have come and where we are going in educational technology. 

A Commitment to High Tech Education

Sophisticated electronic gadgets such as probes and global-positioning-system devices catch students' interest at Harrison Central High School. Read a short introductory article or watch a brief introductory video.


The Digital Generation Project

Today's kids are born digital -- born into a media-rich, networked world of infinite possibilities. But their digital lifestyle is about more than just cool gadgets; it's about engagement, self-directed learning, creativity, and empowerment. The Digital Generation Project tells their stories so that educators and parents can understand how kids learn, communicate, and socialize in very different ways than any previous generation. To Learn more.




Digital Media Empower Youth

Both in the classroom and in after-school pods, students learn to become critical creators in Chicago's Digital Youth Network. On Remix World, the program's social-networking site, participants share, critique, and discuss their work. 
To watch Digital Media Empower Youth Highlights Video click here.

Digital Youth Portrait: Jalen

In school, at home, and in the Digital Youth Network, Jalen thrives as an artist, animator, and digital-media creator. More to this story. Watch the highlight video. 

An Introduction to Technology

Using technology, students monitor their own musical and athletic activities and analyze the data and feedback to improve their performance. Read a short introductory article or watch an in-depth video.

Learning to Change, Changing to Learn

In this video from CoSN and Pearson Foundation kids explain their passion to technology. 





NH Superintendent on Twitter

A Video from Deerfield Community School. Peter Warburton, superintendent at SAU 53 discusses 21st century change and school reform on Twitter #TLC09 


New Youth City Learning Network

 Diana Rhoten discusses her work at New Youth City Learning Network. 


Tech in Real Life: Students See Devices as Tools, not Toys

Classes at Clearfield High School, in Clearfield, Utah, apply computers and diagnostic equipment across the curriculum to engage in authentic learning. Watch the highlights video. 


Web 2.0 in Schools: a Superintendent's Perspective 


Birdville ISD Superintendent discusses how Web 2.0 resources and technology create a learning environment that prepares students for the 21st Century.

Welcome to the Digital Generation

Sync up with the new generation of connected learners. The Digital Generation Project presents video portraits of the lives of young students from around the country who are using digital media to learn, communicate, and socialize in new and exciting ways.

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