Howard Gardner is considering how involvement in digital media is shaping
the morality of children and teens.
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Schools are using computer-adaptive tests to help teachers address
individual student needs, increase student motivation, identify problem
areas, and adjust instruction and even class groupings (like forming
multi-age classes lessons) accordingly. However, so far only Oregon is
allowed to use computer-adaptive tests to fulfill NCLB requirements
New MacArthur report on teens and new media. There's a two page
summary of the findings of the three year research project into kids'
informal learning with digital media, a white paper, and the complete
text of the forthcoming book, Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking
Out: Living and Learning with New Media.
Indian Math Online is a start-up that aims to decrease the disparity in
math skills between American students (particularly girls) and students
from other countries that put a greater value on math success, by
teaching math to American kids using techniques from Indian schools.
An 8th grade teacher in Japan uses an English vocabulary program on the
Nintendo DS.
NYT blog entry looks at how political junkies and your average anxious
voter used Twitter, YouTube, and Google to gauge election results in real
time.
Dr. James Clarence Rosser Jr., chief of minimally invasive surgery at Beth
Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, trains other doctors to use gaming to
improve their operating room skills.
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