Digital Life & Learning

Digital technologies offer exciting opportunities for learning, civic engagement, and intercultural exchange, among other vital areas of life. Virtual worlds and mobile devices offer new ways of learning and transfer of learning beyond the classroom. Online communities can connect young people from diverse backgrounds to exchange perspectives, while informal learning and civic engagement opportunities abound on social media sites, blogs, and other online spaces. Yet, the internet can also present distractions, misinformation, and negative interactions. It’s vital that educators leverage the positive affordances of digital media and support youth to use them in reflective, positive ways.

Resources

Book
The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach
Published: 2011
Why are children not mastering what they ought to be learning in school? Ten years after its original publication, Howard Gardner's answer to this pressing question is the... Read more
Tool
Our Space Curriculum
Published: 2011
Our Space is a set of curricular materials designed to encourage high school students to reflect on the ethical dimensions of their participation in new media environments... Read more
Tool
The Good Work Toolkit
Published: 2010
The GoodWork Toolkit is an approach to engage individuals and groups in conversation and reflection about good work. The Toolkit consists of a flexible set of materials,... Read more
Book
Good Work: Theory and Practice
Published: 2010
A summary of the research around Good Work. Read more
Tool
Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum
Published: 2009
Common Sense Media's Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum was originally developed in collaboration with Project Zero's Good Play Project . Informed by the Good Play... Read more