TrendMicro is pleased to announce its 2018 What’s Your Story Youth Video Contest. Youth video makers 13 and over can win $10,000 and other prizes by answering the question “How do you know if something online is real or fake?” in a 30 to 120 second video. Link: https://whatsyourstory.trendmicro.com/Author: Trend Micro IncorporatedSource: Trend Micro Incorporated
the commons: a pilot methodology for addressing polarization online
February 25, 2018. From June to December 2017, Build Up, in partnership with MIT MISTI and with funding from HumanityX and The City of The Hague, ran a pilot program that explored interventions to address polarization on Facebook and Twitter in the USA. The Commons tested protocols for addressing filter bubbles and polarizing behaviors that […]
DIGITAL engAGEment Conference (call for proposals
DIGITAL engAGEment encompasses myriad ways in which humans encounter, utilize, create and participate with digital technologies, processes, experiences, cultures and environments in the contemporary moment. This year’s conference theme: Media. Literate. #activist, is a call to express and refresh concepts of media activism and media literacy in the present moment, specifically: what it means to […]
Summer Institute in Digital Literacy 2018
This six-day institute focuses on how literacy is changing as a result of emerging media and technologies. We consider the implications of this cultural and technological shift for teaching and learning. Link: https://www.digiuri.com/Author: University of Rhode IslandSource: University of Rhode Island
Smartphones for the kids? Deciding the right time is a challenge for parents
Parents everywhere are facing increasing pressure to purchase cellphones for their children – a device that can be ever useful or completely disruptive for today’s kids. Whether it is to keep in touch with their kids on the go, provide them with a mini-computer for school work or offer them instant entertainment, parents are having […]
Media Literacy Booster Pack
Staying fresh and fluent in today’s media landscape isn’t easy. This collection of resources offers tools to tackle eight pressing challenges, from recognizing bias and propaganda to leveraging your role as a media contributor. Link: https://newseumed.org/collection/media-literacy-booster-pack/Author: NewseumSource: Newseum
Coding as a Literacy for the 21st Century
The idea of teaching coding to children is not new. Back in the late 1960s, my mentor at MIT, Seymour Papert, developed the first programming language for children, called LOGO. Although computers were big, expensive machines that occupied full rooms, Seymour anticipated that the technology would get smaller and the thinking bigger. That is to […]
Get Up! Stand Up! The Civil Rights Movement and Television
The Civil Rights Movement & Television In the years between 1954 and 1965, more legislation was passed, more court decisions were rendered, and more social change was effected in the name of civil rights than ever before. The rise of the Civil Rights Movement paralleled the growing use of television in the United States. In […]
A Data Detox for a healthier, balanced digital life
Are you in an unhealthy relationship with your data? That’s a question you might not have asked yourself not too long ago, but things are getting a little weird. With high profile data breaches, creepy ads following you around the internet, and years of old photos piling up on social media, now might be the […]
LEARNING GAMES THAT GIVE YOUR LESSONS SUPERPOWERS
Legends of Learning is a game based learning (GBL) platform that gives educators the unique ability to launch a “playlist” of curriculum-based games for students, aligned to current content standards. Games last anywhere from 5-30 minutes a piece, with the capability of making your playlist anywhere from 5-60 minutes long. You also have the option […]
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