The National Writing Project's Elyse Eidman-Aadahl talks about how new digital tools are extending our ability to tell stories and to communicate across time and space.
Diana Rhoten, Program Director, Digital Media and Learning at the Social Science Research Center, describes the role that digital media can play in helping young people explore their interests especially when deployed at informal learning environments like museums and libraries.
Nichole Pinkard, founder of the Digital Youth Network describes the importance of media literacy as an essential component of a 21st century education.
Katie Salen, Professor at Parsons The New School for Design and Founder of the Institute of Play, describes the importance of designing games as a way to engage students in the exploration of systems.
John Seely Brown, Co-chair, Deloitte Center for the Edge and Visiting Scholar, University of Southern California, describes the importance of play, tinkering, and the new role that collaboration and collective expertise - all made possible by digital media - will have in solving complex problems in a constantly changing world.
These films present profiles of the leading thinkers and researchers who are examining the role that digital media plays in young people's lives. Each of our profilees see digital media - social networks, online games and media production - as the transformational tools of the 21st century. They enable all of us - but young people especially - to pursue interests, form networks, interact with experts, and communicate in ways
These films present profiles of the leading thinkers and researchers who are examining the role that digital media plays in young people's lives. Each of our profilees see digital media - social networks, online games and media production - as the transformational tools of the 21st century. They enable all of us - but young people especially - to pursue interests, form networks, interact with experts, and communicate in ways that were unheard of only a decade ago.
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