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Making News Today: Content Creation In The Classroom, Natalie Cooper, Lisa Thomas, Lori Lockyer, Ian Brown
Making News Today: Content Creation In The Classroom, Natalie Cooper, Lisa Thomas, Lori Lockyer, Ian Brown
Professor Lori Lockyer
The continued development of software such as iMovie and GarageBand has given young people the tools to become content creators. The proliferation of Internet sites such as YouTube and MySpace have provided publishing vehicles where they can now contribute their content and communicate with their peers around the world. Social commentators and educational researchers are suggesting there is a growing divide between how these digital natives spend their leisure time creating and sharing media and the void of such activities in educational settings. It is argued that learning is, in fact, taking place for young people in this informal environment. …
Active Learning In The Library: Stewarding Funds And Cutting Cables, Ryan Ingersoll
Active Learning In The Library: Stewarding Funds And Cutting Cables, Ryan Ingersoll
Ryan Ingersoll
I share about my experience converting a traditional computer lab in the library to an active learning space. During summer 2012, the Seattle Pacific University Library staff proposed, planned, and implemented the conversion of a traditional lab space with 22 desktop computers into an active learning classroom. We equipped the room with mobile furniture, a wireless interactive, short-throw projector with digital pens, a new MacBook Pro checkout system, and put a fresh coat of paint on the walls. Partnering with librarians, Facilities, and Instructional Technology Services, the project came together just before the new academic school year.