Social media to be required in UK schools?
UK kids may soon be taking a big leap ahead in media-literacy training. A proposed overhaul to Britain’s elementary school curriculum – the biggest in a decade – was just leaked, The Guardian reports....
View ArticleHelp for teaching digital citizenship
“The Internet is where children are growing up,” the New York Times reports, citing Kaiser Family Foundation research suggesting that they’re online or interacting with digital media just about every...
View ArticleVirtual world ‘mall’ now has online-safety ‘store’
Everloop, a new social site aimed at kids 8-13, is not just another virtual world. Or social network site. It’s not a kids’ Facebook or alternative to Whyville.net or LEGO Universe, contrary to what’s...
View ArticleOscar’s Best Musical Performance: P.S. 22′s 5th-graders
I can’t stop watching/listening to them, so – if you didn’t catch the Oscars last night (or stay tuned till the so-not-bitter end) and aren’t already a fan – catch this: P.S. 22′s 5th-grade chorus...
View Article‘Save the Universe’: Clear space for learning
Last week, Part 1 about the “whitewater-kayaking kind of learning needed today”; here, in Part 2, a great example: An alternative headline might be: “A bucket of bricks for learning,” but I’ll get to...
View ArticleHigh expectations tablets will be huge in K-12 schools
News Corp’s unveiling of its tablet for schools at SxSWedu in Austin this week was definitely a sign of the times. Its 10″ Amplify tablet, which runs on the Android operating system, will cost K-12...
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