I was recently reminded of this workshop I facilitated from June 2011 and thought it was worth re-posting. Enjoy.As part of the MSU Network for…
Author: Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
An Education/Technology Tipping Point
Gadwell’s Tipping Point This week I facilitated a compelling discussion among my undergraduate pre-service teachers about the public purposes of education and schooling in the…
Educator Development (Not Teacher Preparation)
This week I was invited to the National Convening on Clinical Practice in teacher preparation in Washington, DC. The event brought together university and P-12 partners from around…
Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction
[download PDF] This highly idiosyncratic Top 10 list was my starting point for a 3-session professional development mini-course (Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction Among Gifted…
A Blueprint for Teaching Young Children in a Digital Age
The challenge of improving teacher preparation and ongoing learning led to the creation of the Digital Age Teacher Preparation Council, established by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame…
Live Chat: Fostering Digital Citizenship (Nov 7)
In conjunction with Canada’s Media Literacy Week, the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) is hosting a bi-national call to action in a live…
Media Literacy Week Nov 7-11
This year’s theme of Canada’s Media Literacy Week is Digital Citizenship. Media Awareness Network (MNet) and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) call on Canadians to…
Teacher Education, Service Learning & the Law of Reciprocity
Because of its symbiotic nature, service learning is a powerful mechanism for urban teacher education. A service learning pedagogy supports academic and civic engagement among…
Knight and Days of Media Literacy
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in DM3C Live—a conversation about the intersection of digital and media literacy and civic engagement at…
DM3C Live: Engaging Students, Community & the Field of Communication
To contribute to and expand the emerging field of digital and media literacy, the Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte is engaging three…