Engagement+as+Information+Prosumers

Web 2.0 tools and social media give Internet users the ability to both consume and produce content. This ability is increasingly becoming an important literacy skill and creating an interesting dilemma for schools wishing to prepare students for their future but at the same time protect them from potential harm. Come see some examples of what is possible with these tools and discuss how schools might deal with the emerging “production gap.”

Slide deck:
media type="custom" key="7734711"


 * Task:**


 * [|What is the Purpose of School?]

Resources:

 * [|Learning in a Participatory Culture: A Conversation About New Media and Education (Part Two)] - Henry Jenkins
 * ===[|Filling the Production Gap]===
 * [|The Digital Divide and Web 2.0 Collide] - Jennifer A. Schradie
 * [|Technology Educators Decry New Digital Divide] By [| Andrew Trotter]
 * ===[|Social Media & the Production Gap]===
 * [|Highlights and reflections from FRONTLINE's Digital Nation]
 * [|COPPA Law & the Production Gap]
 * [|Engagement as Consumers or Engagement as Producers]
 * [|Digital Youth Project]
 * [|Balanced Filtering]