Getting Schooled By A Third Grader
I’ll be speaking on this panel at the New America Foundation later this month—if you’re in the DC area, I’d love to see you there!
Getting Schooled by a Third Grader: What Kids’ Gaming, Tweeting, Streaming and Sharing Tells us About the Future of Elementary Education
Tech-savvy teachers are bringing gadgets and games to the center of today’s classrooms. Whether kids are jumping in front of Microsoft’s Kinect, tapping on an iPad, building worlds on Minecraft, or sending tweets in kindergarten classrooms, the ways they use technology are sparking new teaching methods in elementary education—and providing some cautionary tales.
As interactive media become an animating force in children’s lives, how can teachers and schools make the most of its educational value? How can we tell the difference between technologies that belong in the classroom and those that are best suited for afterschool entertainment? When they use these kinds of media, what might young kids be teaching us about the way they learn?
Event details:
Thursday, August 9, 2012 – 12:00pm – 1:30pm
New America Foundation
1899 L Street NW Suite 400
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