Connected Learning: Unlocking the Potential of Every Child
Projects: The Digital EdgeS. Craig WatkinsOne of the more interesting assertions of connected learning is the need to create new approaches to education that recognize the vitality of learning and the...
View ArticleA Delicate Tension: Where Gaming and Education Intersect
Projects: Leveling UpYong Ming KowGuest blogger biography: Stephen Paolini is a junior at Winter Park High School in Winter Park, Florida. His interest in the concept of interest-driven community stems...
View ArticleConnected Parents: Sharing Classroom Practices through Social Media
Projects: Leveling UpMatt RafalowClassroom and afterschool programs sometimes organize competitions or recitals as a way to connect parents and friends with student achievements, generating excitement...
View ArticleWhat We Can Learn From the StarCraft II Elites
Projects: Leveling UpYong Ming KowIn early February of this year, I visited a middle school near a historic district in Chinatown. The school is one hundred years old with a rich colonial history. I...
View ArticleWill the real fan please stand up?
Projects: Leveling UpKsenia KorobkovaIn November, as I drove from L.A. to San Francisco, I picked up an audiobook of the Hunger Games. After all, I was starting an inquiry into teenage girls’ fandoms...
View ArticleA Guide to Connected Learning Sessions At DML2013
Projects: Connected ConsumptionLeveling UpLeveraging Horizontal ExpertiseLongitudinal Study of Connected LearningThe Affinity ProjectThe Digital EdgeCourtney SantosCompiled by Courtney Santos and...
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Widow Mine Math
Projects: Leveling UpTimothy Young By Lone (right) and mitosis (left) on TeamLiquid.netConsider a circle drawn on a track field to have a radius of 5 feet. If you had to run across the circle within a...
View ArticleNo One Edits Alone: Connected Learning in Game-Based Wikis
Projects: Leveling UpCrystle Martin Guest blogger biography:Amanda Ochsner is currently a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Interim Research Manager at the Games+Learning+Society...
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An Issue Full of Knots: Ownership and Sharing in Crochet
Projects: Leveling UpRachel Cody Pfister Figure 1. An example of what a pattern looks like. This excerpt is from a free pattern for baby slippers and is unrelated to the patterns mentioned in this...
View ArticleFantasy to Reality: One Fan’s Journey from Interest to Career
Projects: Leveling UpCrystle Martin This blog post follows the journey of one fan, Henry Jenkins IV, a writer for the television show Cult and several other upcoming shows, from the beginning of his...
View ArticleBoss Level: A School’s Experiment with Connected Learning
Projects: Leveling Up Ugochi AcholonuAs a CLRN Research Fellow, I spend a lot of time thinking about Connected Learning and what it means for schools. At its core, Connected Learning is about equity...
View ArticleConnecting Youth to Online Resources through Mentorship
Projects: Leveling UpMatt RafalowThose interested in learning more about fashion can look no further than YouTube for countless online guides and other resources.read more
View ArticleDesign Thinking: New Directions for the One Direction Fandom
Projects: Leveling UpKsenia KorobkovaIn exploring the fandom of a young boyband called One Direction (1D), I am often struck by the serious forethought and complexity woven into the lighthearted...
View ArticleExploring interest-powered learning in informal game design clubs
Projects: Leveling UpCrystle Martin Guest blogger biography: Gabriella Anton is currently a research specialist and the project manager of Studio K at the Games+Learning+Society Center at the...
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Red Stone Circuit Workshop
Projects: Leveling UpTimothy Younghttp://i.imgur.com/xevDXT5.png read more
View ArticleBecoming a Knitting Pattern Author: A Teenager's Story
Projects: Leveling UpRachel Cody PfisterIn previous blog entries, I have talked about designers in fiber crafting. In this entry, I will share one designer’s story of how she moved from learning to...
View ArticlePoorly Educated and Poorly Connected: The Hidden Realities of Innovation Hubs
Projects: The Digital EdgeS. Craig WatkinsWhen President Barack Obama decided to kick off his “Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tours” in Austin it highlighted once again the city’s reputation as a...
View ArticleFeedback and Help as Key Ingredients for an Active Peer-Supported Community
Projects: Leveling UpCrystle Martin The Wrestling Boards is an online community based around a set of forums that discusses all things related to wrestling. There are sub-forums for fans to discuss...
View ArticleTo Geekdom! What Can StarCraft II Tell Us About Attaining Geek-hood?
Projects: Leveling UpYong Ming KowNot long after I first participated in the StarCraft community, I fell in love with it. I admire its members’ activism, congeniality, and camaraderie. The players...
View ArticleNerf Gun Modding, Parenting, and Winding Pathways of Interest Development
Projects: Leveling UpMimi ItoThis is the first of a series of posts I plan to contribute on how connected learning relates to my own everyday life as a parent, and what I am learning from my own kids...
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