Project New Media Literacies (NML), a research initiative based within MIT's Comparative Media Studies program, explores how we might best equip young people with the social skills and cultural competencies required to become full participants in an emergent media landscape and raise public understanding about what it means to be literate in a globally interconnected, multicultural world.
Also, Henry Jenkins et al.'s white paper (Jenkins is the Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program):
Jenkins, H., Clinton K., Purushotma, R., Robinson, A.J., & Weigel, M. (2006). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century. Chicago, IL: The MacArthur Foundation.
The white paper is one of the best things I have read about the rapidly emerging world of Web 2.0 and its affect on the future education and students.
ReplyDeleteI am already a member of the NML site, but I wanted to point out the link to the Teacher Strategy Guide for those who might otherwise miss it. Then information is terrific!
http://projectnml.ning.com/page/teachers-strategy-guide