Digital Playground Inspires Slumdog
Earlier this month, the MacArthur Foundation announced the winners of the third annual Digital Media and Learning competition. There are some great projects, especially the Learning Lab Awardees which won up to $200,000 to further their initiatives.
Thought Leaders vs Company Bloggers
Now that businesses have all rushed to have Twitter and Facebook profiles and to maintain company blogs, has the onslaught of information made it actually more difficult to get your message heard?
Business strategy and information technology consultant Stowe Boyd wrote a blog post on Thursday entitled “Thought Leadership: Beyond Marketing” in which he suggests that the rise of social media might be making us immune to marketing. Boyd suggests that startups might benefit from rethinking how they position themselves online to land on the side of that signal-to-noise ratio so that they’re actually heard.
The Emotional Web
Online communities and resources focused on peoples’ emotional health have been around for a while. This includes the youth space through efforts like icouldbe.org’s online mentoring community which has been around for the past 10 years. And other resources tailored to help youth deal with particular issues, such as thesafespace.org to help prevent and cope […]
Mobile Learning Growing in Africa
Mobile is playing an increasingly important role in learning in Africa. The following are excerpts from a recent article in Education Week entitled “Mobile Devices Deliver Learning in Africa,” by Michelle Davis. School-age children across Africa often don’t have access to a formal education. They may live in remote rural areas or in violence-plagued regions […]