News for High Schools: Digital Media Plus Teaching Equals Support for Freedom
Some experts say smartphones make young people stupid. Others say technology makes them smarter. Still others say the tool is…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, September 18, 2014
1. News for high schools: Digital media plus teaching equals support for freedom (Eric Newton / Knight Foundation) 2. Columbia…
Daily Must Reads, September 18, 2014
1. Amazon and Apple just made buying digital media a lot more attractive (Peter Kafka / Re/code) 2. News for…
Course Remix: Design Thinking Leads to Aha Moments
When I walked into my media entrepreneurship class at San Francisco State University last week, I felt a little like…
Daily Must Reads, September 17, 2014
1. Journalism curator Longform launching first iPhone app (Jeremy Barr / Capital New York) 2. Mail Online’s ad revenues rise…
5 Important Time-Savers for Educators
While I was opening this post and writing the headline above, six emails landed in my inbox. Not six pieces…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, September 16, 2014
1. Authors United may not want to admit it, but most books are consumer goods like any other (Mathew Ingram…
Daily Must Reads, September 16, 2014
1. FCC looks to upgrade IT as net neutrality comments clog system (Alex Howard / TechRepublic) 2. Can print and…
Buying Fake Twitter Followers Will Leave You Tweeting to Mannequins
It’s hard starting a Twitter account from scratch. Not only do you not know who to follow (start with @LouisCK…
Vermont Helps Shape New Era of the Library
What's the purpose of the library? It's an interesting question when you consider it. In a day and age when…