Technology for teaching: 10 ways to improve classroom learning (Blog)
Technology for teaching: 10 ways to improve classroom learning (Blog)
- February 4, 2013
- Mizuko “Mimi” Ito, anthropology and informatics professor and current John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning, is quoted in The Huffington Post February 4, 2013
From The Huffington Post:
Embrace Connected Learning - The concept of "Connected Learning" is at the center
of a new theory that champions say "is a model of learning that holds out the possibility
of re-imagining the experience of education in the Information Age" that draws on
"the power of today's technology to fuse young people's interests, friendships and
academic achievement." According to Dr. Mizuko Ito, a leader in the field of Connected
Learning and a professor at the University of California, Irvine, and cultural anthropologist
of technology use, examples of Connected Learning are when a teacher may ask a student
to do a report on their favorite video game, or if a kid who likes to draw on the
computer creates the signs and banners for a classroom party.
For the full story, please visit http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-steinberg/technology-for-teaching-1_....
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