Smart People's reading list

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Opening Up Education

Given the abundance of open education initiatives that aim to make educational assets freely available online, the time seems ripe to explore the potential of open education to transform ...

From: The MIT Press

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  • 09 / 08 / 2008

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media

Social networking, blogging, vlogging, gaming, instant messaging, downloading music and other content, uploading and sharing their own creative work: these activities made possible by the...

From: The MIT Press

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  • 07 / 17 / 2009

Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out

Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, s...

From: The MIT Press

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  • 10 / 31 / 2009

Digital Native Manifesto (FREE pdf)

By Robert Dürhager and Timo Heuer. Translated by Paul Morland. Robert Dürhager is a student of philosophy and computer sciences at the Free University of Berlin with a special focus on th...

From: SPmag

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  • 11 / 17 / 2009

The Future of Thinking: Learning Institutions in a Digital Age

How traditional learning institutions can become as innovative, flexible, robust, and collaborative as the best social networking sites.

From: The MIT Press

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  • 11 / 19 / 2009