Cultural Anthropologist, Mimi Ito, gives us an excellent summary of just why it is important to engage children with digital media from elementary school onwards. It goes for 7 minutes. You should watch it. She asks at the beginning: So, my question is this: Why do we assume that kids’ socializing ...

I think that by this point, we all pretty much recognize the fact that the future of media is digital. Sure, there will always be a place for vinyl and other other analog technology, but the mainstream will be firmly ones and zeroes. In an age where kids are landing recording ...

The MacArthur Foundation is supporting a HASTAC initative called “Reimaginging Learning” -  a project that is looking for great ideas that support children and young people to learn in the 21st century and develop the skills they need to grapple with the challenges this century presents them. The competition, which will ...