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What You Do Matters
A Student Leadership Summit on Propaganda, Hate Speech and Civic Engagement, June 22 – 25, 2011 I was lucky to be able to participate in a fascinating event at the U.S. Memorial Holocaust Museum in...
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Amy Jussel is Amazing
Just fresh from a conversation with the amazing Amy Jussel, my head is spinning with ideas. The feeling reminds me of my graduate student days when I’d reel from the thrill rush of being around smart...
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Project-Based Learning: Eight Essential Elements
It’s Day 1 at South by Southwest Education (SXSWEdu), and already I’m feeling the buzz. There’s a great conference room in the Austin Convention Center, complete with a super-size front projection...
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The Future of Online Learning
I went to Israel to learn about the future of online learning as part of the Center for Educational Technology’s conference, Shaping the Future 2: Innovation, Education and Entrepreneurship. As a...
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Inquiry Learning with Pop Culture: Start a Revolution
School doesn’t have to be about loading up on all the “fact bricks” of stuff that “needs to be known.” It should be a place where we cultivate and nurture the intellectual curiosity of children and...
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Roots and Wings
With all the changes that mobile devices, tablets and social media are now having on work, education and everyday life, it’s important to remember how a previous generation dealt with the significant...
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The Story of the Book
As a young scholar, back in the early 1990s, I had the chance to visit the offices of the Center for Media Literacy in Los Angeles, where Elizabeth Thoman was publishing Media&Values, a media...
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The Paradox
The news from media literacy land this week reveals the complicated political and economic context that has always been part of its legacy. Two key tensions that are an inherent part of capitalism have...
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