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The Media Teacher's Handbook
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Scarratt, Elaine, Ed.; Davison, Jon, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"The Media Teacher's Handbook" is an indispensible guide for all teachers, both specialist and non-specialist, delivering Media Studies and media education in secondary schools and colleges. It is the first text to draw together the three key elements of secondary sector teaching in relation to media study--the "theoretical",…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Journalism Education, Citizenship, Specialists
Cognitive Capitalism, Education and Digital Labor
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Peters, Michael A., Ed.; Bulut, Ergin, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
Cognitive capitalism--sometimes referred to as "third capitalism," after mercantilism and industrial capitalism--is an increasingly significant theory, given its focus on the socio-economic changes caused by Internet and Web 2.0 technologies that have transformed the mode of production and the nature of labor. The theory of cognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Systems, Academic Freedom, Global Approach
Handbook of Research on Hybrid Learning Models: Advanced Tools, Technologies, and Applications
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Wang, Fu Lee, Ed.; Fong, Joseph, Ed.; Kwan, Reggie, Ed. – Information Science Reference, 2010
Hybrid learning is now the single-greatest trend in education today due to the numerous educational advantages when both traditional classroom learning and e-learning are implemented collectively. This handbook collects emerging research and pedagogies related to the convergence of teaching and learning methods. This significant "Handbook of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Knowledge Management, Higher Education, Programming Languages
The Computer Clubhouse: Constructionism and Creativity in Youth Communities. Technology, Education--Connections
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Kafai, Yasmin B., Ed.; Peppler, Kylie A., Ed.; Chapman, Robbin N., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2009
This book is about the Computer Clubhouse--the idea and the place--that inspires youth to think about themselves as competent, creative, and critical learners. So much of the social life of young people has moved online and participation in the digital public has become an essential part of youth identities. The Computer Clubhouse makes an…
Descriptors: Creativity, Evaluators, Social Life, Video Games
Information for Families. Communique Special Edition, Summer 1998.
Canter, Andrea, Ed. – 1998
"Communique" is the "official newsletter of the National Association of School Psychologists" (NASP). This "Special Edition" of "Communique" is a compilation of previously published articles all of which bear on information frequently requested by families. NASP is dedicated to building partnerships between…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Children, Computers
The Wired Homestead: An MIT Press Sourcebook on the Internet and the Family.
Turow, Joseph, Ed.; Kavanaugh, Andrea L., Ed. – 2003
The use of the Internet in homes rivals the advent of the telephone, radio, or television in social significance. This book compiles findings from communication theorists and social scientists concerning the effects of the Internet on the lives of the family unit and its members. The book examines historical precedents of parental concern over…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Computers, Electronic Mail, Family Environment
The Changing Faces of Virtual Education.
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Farrell, Glen M., Ed. – 2001
This document contains eight papers on the changing faces of virtual education. "Introduction" (Glen M. Farrell) presents an overview of the study during which the papers originated. "The Changing Venues for Learning" (Vis Naidoo) discusses innovative learning venues and forces driving and constraining their development.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Delivery Systems