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This book explores the power of using media education to help urban teenagers develop their critical thinking and literacy skills. Drawing on his twenty years of experience working with inner-city youth at the acclaimed Educational Video Center (EVC) in New York City, Steven Goodman looks closely at both the problems and possibilities of this model of media education. Responding to our national concern about adolescents, literacy, media, and violence,Teaching Youth Media: * Describes the changes schools and after-school programs need to make in order to create a media education that empowers students to change their world. * Explores the intersection of literacy and culture as youth learn to analyze information from a variety of sources, including television, newspapers, books, films, school, church, and lives outside of school. * Features case studies of students and teachers engaged in making video documentaries at EVC and in an alternative high school. * Illuminates the practical day-to-day challenges faced by professional developers and teachers working to change the way education is practiced in their classes and schools. * Looks at the profound "disconnect" that results when teachers and curriculum fail to recognize the social and cultural contexts in which urban students live. * Explores the critical thinking and technical video arts skills students develop as they learn to collaboratively conduct interviews, research, shoot, log, and edit their documentaries.

Offering a fun voyage of discovery for learners of all ages, The Director in the Classroom provides the "Why" for digital video in the classroom in a clear and concisely written book. The Director in the Classroom examines how filmmaking engages learners and explores how the process of filmmaking fosters the development of personal, social and higher-order thinking skills. Digital filmmaking can empower students with the tools, skills and confidence to take creative control of their research projects. This book identifies how today’s digital cameras and software tools are revolutionizing filmmaking and enhancing learning in the classroom, and investigates curriculum connections and strategies for meeting standards and provides examples of successful video projects from K-12 and beyond. The Director in the Classroom also provides you with strategies for assessing video projects, dealing with copyright issues, and project ideas.

The uptake and diffusion of the use of Learning Technologies in UK Higher Education is an instance of the adoption of change. There has been considerable research into the ways in which the uptake and diffusion of innovation can effect change processes. This work has identified the importance of barriers and drivers to change as a part of the process. Areas of study have included general instances, those specific to technology and those relevant to the use of learning technology in higher education. It has also been shown that a higher education institution’s organisational structure may itself inhibit or accelerate the way in which it will respond to external changes and adopt new practices. This study reviews the development and growth in the use of learning technologies. It sets these activities in the context of changes in computing and predominant theories in education and psychology from a UK and US perspective. This study goes on to describe the methodology adopted when undertaking an extensive survey of use of learning technology at the University of Southampton to make an initial case that institutional approaches associated with the known organisational models may amplify or dampen the known barriers and drivers for change. The full thesis will take forward this work by analysing this data alongside a range of previously published data undertaking additional research into institutional approaches and the use of learning technology across a range of UK Higher Education Institutions.

This is a segment of Keith Lightbody's continously updated web site (http://www.zardec.net.au/keith/index.html) of which he says "This site is about helping everyday people use technology to do a quality job - quicker, easier, smarter! The focus is on achieving good solutions cost-effectively, calmly and simply. I aim to help the 80% of people who just want learning technology to be easy to use and reliable."

This broadcast site (dated 2006) is a collection of recorded sessions, winner videos, best of videos and spotlights of the IST 2006 event. IST stands for Information Society Technologies and the event is now called ICT 2008, ICT 200…

"This is a comprehensive, practical guide to the most effective use of video and multimedia in open and distance learning. Illustrated throughout, it considers pedagogic design principles for the highest quality learning material, covering: * what to teach on video and how to teach it * when to choose and how to use other media for teaching * a framework of pedagogic design principles for video and multimedia * practical development advice for interactive multimedia. With insights into the comprehensive process of designing, developing and managing distance learning materials, this book will appeal to those involved in course development, educational video, audiovision and interactive multimedia design, as well as to students of general video and multimedia production."

The European Commission aims at promoting efficient multilingual communication with the high number of geographically dispersed in the enlarged Union using innovative solutions. Since 2001, within the ManagEnergy program, the European Commission has been developing and using a combination of multimedia and Internet based streaming technologies to enable more people throughout Europe to benefit from its activities. From within this portal, you will watch workshops, conferences, programme information days, contract negotiations and other events broadcast live on the Internet. These are combined at times with interactive chats enabling virtual participants to ask questions at the actual event and discuss related topics amongst themselves and with Commission staff. After the events, online video-recordings provide an easy to use, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly resource. Images are webcast within a user-friendly interface integrating video, audio, slides, speaker information, interactive chat, polling mechanism and other useful information on a single screen. The information on this site is subject to Disclaimer, Copright and Private Policy Notice.

The purpose of this paper is to provide information and practical suggestions to be used in planning a distance education course or class session. Emphasis is placed on activities to increase student participation and involvement. Instructional methods are described as well as their use in a distance education environment. The implementation of each method in a distance education setting is contrasted with its use in a traditional classroom setting.

Consolarium on BBC News - Gaming in Education. Learning and Teaching Scotland's Derek Robertson explains new gaming in education projects with the Nintendo DS which are motivating, engaging and improving the attainment of Scottish students. Related links: # video via Technorati: http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DX5xFMmK5Ujs # article "Adventures in education - Myst as a teaching tool" (Courtesy of Focus Multimedia & Games Press): http://www.justadventure.com/articles/AdventuresInEducation.shtm # web site Tim Ryland: http://www.timrylands.com

A controversial look at the positive things that can be learned from video games by a well known professor of education. James Paul Gee begins his new book with 'I want to talk about video games- yes, even violent video games - and say some positive things about them'. With this simple but explosive beginning, one of America's most well-respected professors of education looks seriously at the good that can come from playing video games. Gee is interested in the cognitive development that can occur when someone is trying to escape a maze, find a hidden treasure and, even, blasting away an enemy with a high-powered rifle. Talking about his own video-gaming experience learning and using games as diverse as Lara Croft and Arcanum, Gee looks at major specific cognitive activities: * How individuals develop a sense of identity * How one grasps meaning * How one evaluates and follows a command * How one picks a role model * How one perceives the world