How can teachers help prepare students for success not only in college and career settings, but in 21st-century civic life as well?
About The Speaker(s)
|Antero Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the English department at Colorado State University. From 2010-2011, he was a U.S. Department of Education Teaching Ambassador Fellow, providing teacher input and feedback on national education policy initiatives.|
|Ben Kirshner is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology & Learning Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is also a Network Advisor for the Connected Learning Research Network.|
|Danielle Filipiak is a doctoral student in English Education at Teachers College-Columbia University with a decade of teaching experience.|
|Ellen Middaugh is Research Director and Co-Principal Investigator for the Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age Project at the Youth & Participatory Politics Research Network.|
|Nicole Mirra is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the UCLA Graduate School of Education (GSEIS). She is the coordinator of the Council of Youth Research, which mentors Los Angeles public high school students to become researchers of their own schools and communities in pursuit of educational justice.|
|Paul Oh is a Senior Program Associate at the National Writing Project working on a number of digital literacy initiatives, such as Digital IS and Educator Innovator.|
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Articles, Websites, or Videos Mentioned
- Download the 'Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom' eBook
- Connected Learning Resources for Educators
- #wherewelearn - where do you engage in teaching in learning with youth?
- Digital IS: join and share work, reflections, and practices on digital literacy & connected learning
- Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age
- Digital IS Resource - "Learn to Listen. Really Listen."
- Connected Learning TV - Storytelling and Digital Age Civics
- KQED's "Do Now" - students voicing their opinions on current events and issues
- Digital IS - Ways to Participate
- Urban Research Network