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A Delicate Tension: Where Gaming and Education Intersect

February 19, 2013

Guest blogger biography: Stephen Paolini is a junior at Winter Park High School in Winter Park, Florida. His interest in the concept of interest-driven community stems from his experiences with his unique family structure and the International Baccalaureate program, an internationally constructed college prep program created to provide a rigorous all-around curriculum. With a passion for connected learning, Stephen has always been interested in gaming, education and the integrated role they play in a modern society.

S. Craig Watkins

Connected Learning: Unlocking the Potential of Every Child

February 13, 2013

One of the more interesting assertions of connected learning is the need to create new approaches to education that recognize the vitality of learning and the fact that it happens in many different ways. There is widespread agreement among researchers from sociology, economics, and education that the academic achievement gaps in the U.S.

Ugochi Acholonu

The Tension between Convention and Innovation: What is the Norm in a Blended Space?

February 11, 2013

This is the second in a series of posts that explores the tensions between innovation and convention, and what it means for the design of Connected Learning Environments. This post focuses on blended learning spaces and their affordances for innovation and conflict.

Crystle Martin

Creative Pursuits and Professional Wrestling: Connected Learning in WWE Fandom

February 1, 2013

WWE Wrestlemaina 28 (The Rock vs John Cena. Photo credit to: Simononly)

Rachel Cody Pfister

The House Unity Projects of Hogwarts

January 25, 2013

The House Unity Projects of Hogwarts at Ravelry began with Ravenclaw filling the Great Hall (discussion area) with crocheted and knit fireworks in the summer of 2011. After that summer, the House Unity Projects became a ritual performed by every House and in every “school rotation” as an expression of House Unity and pride.

Mimi Ito

Announcing the publication of our new report on connected learning

January 15, 2013

Matt Rafalow

Augmented Learning through Fashion Design

January 11, 2013

There was a lot to take in on my first day at Fashion Camp. Although the formal lessons weren’t scheduled for another few minutes, I had apparently arrived late for the first lesson: the teacher was talking with five youth about the latest trends. One young woman, about 13 years of age, said that she was into “ombre.” The teacher expressed that ombre is “very in right now,” and that they happened to have ombre polka dot fabric at the camp.

Crystle Martin

Attitudes, Success, and Engagement: A Comparison of Game and School Contexts

December 19, 2012

During my dissertation work, I interviewed three male youth from the same school: one junior and two seniors, who all had college aspirations of technology or game design, and came from a variety of home situations with varying socioeconomic status (SES). These youth were avid gamers and were part of my research because they were World of Warcraft players. Despite the fact that they were highly engaged with World of Warcraft (WoW), they had all disengaged from a traditional school setting.

Yong Ming Kow

Learning to Learn: The StarCraft II Way

December 14, 2012

When we discuss learning, some people attend primarily to the learning content, such as physics or math. They may raise their eyebrows when the content to be learned is a game. But it is not learning content that concerns me in this blog. It is about how we can learn to learn. In many contexts, take StarCraft II for example, there is no assigned teacher whose exclusive role it is to teach. Therefore, learners learn based on productive social interactions with peers. In StarCraft II, learning is such a social process.

Timothy Young

Teach Me StarCraft: Seeking experts in a skill-oriented gaming community

November 30, 2012

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A Delicate Tension: Where Gaming and Education Intersect

Connected Learning: Unlocking the Potential of Every Child

The Tension between Convention and Innovation: What is the Norm in a Blended Space?

Creative Pursuits and Professional Wrestling: Connected Learning in WWE Fandom

The House Unity Projects of Hogwarts

Announcing the publication of our new report on connected learning

Augmented Learning through Fashion Design

Attitudes, Success, and Engagement: A Comparison of Game and School Contexts

Learning to Learn: The StarCraft II Way

Teach Me StarCraft: Seeking experts in a skill-oriented gaming community

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