background preloader

Thought leaders, researchers

Facebook Twitter

Bryk-gomez_building-nics-education.pdf. Professor Angela McFarlane - Graduate School of Education. Angela has been professor of education and director of learning technology at the University of Bristol since October 2000, and previously held the post of director of the Centre for Research in Educational ICT, Homerton College, Cambridge, and Director for Evidence and Practice, Becta. She has designed and directed a number of highly successful educational software development projects. Content has included science, language and health education and the resulting interactive resources all became commercially successful products.

The latest of these – CommuniCAT – won a European Educational Software Award. A series of multimedia activities for young learners based on popular games software metaphors has found markets on three continents including South East Asia. In contrast, her development work has included a web-based tutorial system for post-registration nurses relating to research methods. She is an experienced writer and lecturer. Carrie James. Carrie James is a Research Director and a Principal Investigator at Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Since arriving at PZ in 2003, Carrie has worked with Howard Gardner and colleagues on The GoodWork Project and related initiatives. At present, her research focuses on young people’s engagement with the new digital media; morality and ethics in new media environments; and the nature of trust, civic engagement, and political participation among youth today.

With Howard Gardner, she is Co-Principal Investigator of multi-year projects funded by the MacArthur Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. Her publications include Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media (2009, The MIT Press). Carrie is a recurring faculty member for the Project Zero Classroom and the Future of Learning summer institutes. Fac(ebook)ing History: Digitizing Facing History Lessons Resources, John D. and Catherine T. Confessions of an Aca-Fan — — The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins. Khoo, Angeline | Staff Directory. Danah boyd. Mark D. Griffiths. Mark D. Griffiths is an English chartered psychologist focusing in the field of Behavioural Addictions, namely Gambling Disorder, Gaming Addiction, Internet Addiction, Sex Addiction, and Work Addiction. He is a Professor of Gambling Studies at Nottingham Trent University, and director of the International Gaming Research Unit.[1] He is the author of several books, including Gambling Addiction and its Treatment Within the NHS, Gambling and Gaming Addictions in Adolescence, Adolescent Gambling and over 400 refereed papers, 70 book chapters and more than 1,000 articles,[1] and has won several awards for his research, including a Lifetime Achievement Award For Contributions to the Field of Youth Gambling in 2006 and International Excellence Award For Gambling Research in 2003.[2] Education and Early career[edit] Griffiths graduated with a BSc in Psychology from the University of Bradford.

He began teaching in 1988 while working on his PhD at Exeter University. Research Fields[edit] Work[edit] Howard Rheingold. Media Lab Conversations Series: Howard Rheingold Thursday, May 10, 2012 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm All talks at the Media Lab, unless otherwise noted, are open to the public. Join us on Twitter: #MLTalks Co-Presented with the MIT Press. How can we use digital media so that they help us become empowered participants rather than passive consumers? In his book Net Smart, Howard Rheingold shows how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully. Download the table of contents (PDF) here. Mindful use of digital media means thinking about what we are doing, and cultivating an ongoing inner inquiry into how we want to spend our time.

There is a bigger social issue at work in digital literacy, one that goes beyond personal empowerment. Rheingold's talk will be followed by a conversation with Joi Ito and Mimi Ito, as well as Q&A. Biography: