The task for educators is not to drain this sense of open-ended exploration from student-fans but rather to make sure that it is accompanied by the Jiminy Cricket-like voice of critical literacy…
Q: How to Connect Critical Thinking, Research, and Information Literacy? A: Fandom
By on April 2, 2013
Expanding a Book’s Universe
By on March 19, 2013
Together we looked for ‘cheese holes’, or spaces in the story that allow the audience to participate in, contribute further to, and augment the original story using their own intelligence and imagination.
The Shoah Foundation on Media Literacy… and the Importance of Librarians
By on March 6, 2013
Please Take This, Copy It, Use It, Improve It: A Digital Fandom Checklist
By on January 26, 2013
Lego Celebrates 15th Year of Mindstorms Robots With New EV3 Platform
By on January 9, 2013
The Lego Group has unveiled Lego Mindstorms EV3, a radically redesigned upgrade to its popular robotics platform that’s designed to introduce a new generation of tech-savvy kids to the world of robot building and programming. Lego announced the new platform earlier this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, timed to the 15th anniversary of the original Mindstorms debut.
School Library Thrives After Ditching Print Collection
By on January 8, 2013
Minneapolis’ Benilde-St. Margaret’s school library remains a vital educational space where students still research, investigate and—above all—learn, even after high school principal Sue Skinner donated or re-purposed nearly all the books in its print collection in 2011.
Digital Research Technologies Offer More Information, More Distraction for High School Students, According to Pew Report
By on November 13, 2012 3 Comments
Though a recent report by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project has found that in general, digital research tools impact students’ work positively, the study also reported that teachers believe that access to technology is also making students much more easily distracted.
