DM&L Grant Badges for Lifelong Learning (Spotlight Update)

The Week in Digital Media & Learning As we report in this week’s Playback, since the launch of the 2012 Digital Media and Learning Competition: Badges for Lifelong Learning there’s been a robust conversation going on in the blogosphere about digital badges. HASTAC and the Mozilla Foundation will be hosting a series of webinars on the subject beginning Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. (EST). The first one, Badges 101, will address the basics: “What are badges? What are open badges? How can badges work for learners?” You can register for the event or submit questions in advance here. Additionally, for those of you in the Chicago area, Cathy Davidson, one of the hosts of the webinar, professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University, and HASTAC co-founder will be reading from her new book “Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn” on Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. at the Harold Washington Library. FROM THE BLOG 9/30/11 By Sarah Jackson PLAYBACK: The Freedom to Read, Research and Explore Banned Websites Awareness Day, why collaborating on Facebook might be an integral part of a contemporary education, badges for learning, and transliteracy and children, all in this week’s Playback. 9/28/11 By Christine Cupaiuolo New AP/MTV Survey Shows Need for Digital Ethics Curriculum - Fortunately, it’s Here The findings of a new survey on attitudes toward online behavior highlight the need for a digital ethics curriculum—which is precisely what researchers at Harvard and USC released this month. 9/26/11 By Sarah Jackson Can a Digital Teaching Corps Help Close the Literacy Gap? In a new brief, Michael Levine and James Paul Gee say the answer is “Yes.” 9/24/11 By Christine Cupaiuolo PLAYBACK: The Good, The Bad, and Who’s Missing From bullying in the younger (and older years), to colleges embracing teaching social media from a pedagogical perspective and the importance of encouraging high school girls to consider STEM career fields, this week’s Playback looks at changes in networked environments throughout education systems. 9/22/11 By Christine Cupaiuolo World Maker Faire 2011: Kids Take Things Apart in the Interest of Building Curiosity and Learning If there was ever any question of the future growth of the maker movement, last weekend’s second annual World Maker Faire in New York extinguished them as quickly as a fire-breathing dragon. 9/21/11 By Sarah Jackson New Toolkit for Educators on Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship Common Sense Media has just released a new toolkit on cyberbullying available at no cost to K-12 educators. 9/20/11 By Sarah Jackson A Digital Promise From Washington Aims to Increase Technology Use in Schools A new public-private partnership will help develop technology for learning in and out of the classroom. 9/16/11 By Christine Cupaiuolo Digital Media & Learning Competition Aims to Recognize and Reward Learning Outside the Classroom This year’s Digital Media and Learning Competition aims to demonstrate how badges can revolutionize learning assessment—and demonstrate a learner’s skills, achievements and qualities to potential employers, educational organizations and communities. 9/07/11 By Sarah Jackson With a Focus on Badges, Digital Media and Learning Competition Prepares for Launch The annual Digital Media and Learning Competition will kick off on Sept. 15 at an event in Washington D.C. attended by a number of education leaders.

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