Eclectic Technology

A look at three news articles published this week. Common Sense Media...has just released a new ratings iniative to evaluate the learning potential of websites, video games and mobile apps." This provides a "system which is more than just categorizing subject areas..."

A look at Minecraft as a teaching tool. As well as sharing information from a recent study from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center they also discuss MinecraftEdu, a company working with Carnegie Mellon University to offer an educational version of Minecraft (http://minecraftedu.com/).

The use of Twitter in the classroom which explores the potential of using Twitter within educational settings.

And news from the Pew Internet and American Life Project on "millenials and their connected lives" and shares some of the predictions and arguments about millenials. 

Amanda Lenhart spoke to the “Media and the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents” conference at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pen...

Amanda focused on bringing together data that highlights the demographic differences among groups of youth in their adoption, use and experiences with technology and social media. While such data may have illustrated what was called a “digital divide” in the past, it now highlights a variety of digital differences among groups of youth. This talk brings together data previously shared in a variety of reports on youth as well as some new analysis.