Teaching and Learning in the Digital World: Possibilities and Challenges
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Teaching and Learning in the Digital World: Possibilities and Challenges Spring 2013 Vol. 6 No. 2 Editorial Staff Editor: Lynn Butler-Kisber Managing Editor: Mary Stewart Copy Editor: David Mitchell Graphic Artist: Maryse Boutin Technological Direction and Support: Jeremy Dubeau, Kevon Licorish, and Tim Scobie Web Integration: Taufiq Hausen The views expressed in this journal are not necessarily those of the Editorial Staff or LEARN. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that proper standards of scholarship have been followed, including obtaining approval from review boards, where applicable, and ensuring that informed con- sent has been given from participants involved in any research studies. 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Comments to the Editor: [email protected] Published in Canada in the second quarter of 2013 Imprimé au Canada au 2ième trimestre 2013 ISSN 1913-5688 Editorial Staff Table of Contents Editor: Lynn Butler-Kisber Spring 2013 Vol. 6 No. 2 Managing Editor: Mary Stewart Copy Editor: David Mitchell 7 Statement of Purpose Graphic Artist: Maryse Boutin Technological Direction and Support: Jeremy Dubeau, Kevon Licorish, and Tim Scobie 8 Review Board Web Integration: Taufiq Hausen 9 Editorial Lynn Butler-Kisber 19 Technology Talk With a Grade Two Student Samuel Bradshaw-Truesdale 23 The New Pedagogy: Students and Teachers as Learning Partners Michael Fullan 31 The State of Learning: A Preview Seymour Papert and George Markowsky 37 At the Evolving Intersection of Teaching and Technology Tom Snyder 45 What Twitter Will and Will Not Do: Theorizing About Teachers’ Online Professional Communities Vincent Cho, Jina Ro, and Josh Littenberg-Tobias 63 Educational Uses of the Digital World for Human Development Colette Daiute Published in Canada in the second quarter of 2013 85 An Honest Account of the Humbling Experience of Learning to Teach Online Imprimé au Canada au 2ième trimestre 2013 Kimberly Ferrario, Corinne Hyde, Brandon Martinez, and Melora Sundt ISSN 1913-5688 LEARNing Landscapes | Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 2013 3 97 License to Drive, License to Learn. Promoting Policy for Safe and Innovative Social Networking Use Schools Teresa S. Foulger, Ann D. Ewbank, Heather L. Carter, Pamela Reicks, and Sunshine Darby 109 Transforming Teaching and Learning Through Critical Media Literacy Pedagogy Antero Garcia, Robyn Seglem, and Jeff Share 125 The Benefits of Using Educational Videos in American Sign Language in Early Childhood Settings Debbie B. Golos and Annie M. Moses 149 The Tides of Teaching: Rising to New Levels of Understanding Through Negotiation and Conversation in an Online Reading Course Deborah Graham 167 Reimagining a Writer’s Process Through Digital Storytelling Troy Hicks, Kristen Turner, and Jodi Stratton 185 ImMEDIAte Gratification: Examining the Use of Digital Media in Adolescents’ In-School and Out-of-School Lives Janette Hughes and Stephanie Thompson 207 E-Learning Pedagogy: Addressing Struggling Learners in Regular K-12 Classrooms as an Intransigent Design Problem Susan Imholz and Ricki Goldman 223 Getting Intelligence Into the Minds of People Robert W. Lawler 249 Supporting Climate Science Research With 21st Century Technologies and a Virtual Student Conference for Upper Elementary to High School Students Julie S. Malmberg and Keith E. Maull 265 Teaching With Electronic Portfolios to Develop 21st Century Literacies Elizabeth J. Meyer, Anne Wade, and Philip C. Abrami 4 LEARNing Landscapes | Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 2013 283 Don’t Give Up: A Case Study on Girls and Video Game Design Laura Minnigerode and Rebecca Reynolds 303 Text-to-Speech Technology as Inclusive Reading Practice: Changing Perspectives, Overcoming Barriers Michelann Parr 323 Developing Interactive Andragogical Online Content for Nursing Students Denise Passmore and Dianne Morrison-Beedy 341 Teaching With Portals: the Intersection of Video Games and Physics Education Cameron Pittman 361 Lest We Forget: Mixing Traditional and Digital Learning in the History Classroom Matthew Russell 369 Re-forming Networks Through “Looping”: An Ecological Approach to a Teacher’s Incorporation of New Technologies in Early Childhood Teresa Strong-Wilson, Sheryl Smith-Gilman, and Penny Albrant Bonneville 385 Knowledge Building and Knowledge Forum: Getting Started With Pedagogy and Technology Christian Tarchi, Maria Chuy, Zoe Donoahue, Carol Stephenson, Richard Messina, and Marlene Scardamalia 409 Participatory Video as a Catalyst for Informal Learning and Expression: A Review of a PV Training in Uganda, 2012 Grady Walker and Julie Arrighi LEARNing Landscapes | Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 2013 5 6 LEARNing Landscapes | Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 2013 Statement of Purpose LEARNing LandscapesTM is an open access, peer-reviewed, online edu- ca tion journal supported by LEARN (Leading English Education and Resource Network). Published in the autumn and spring of each year, it attempts to make links between theory and practice and is built upon the principles of partnership, collaboration, inclusion, and attention to mul- tiple perspectives and voices. The material in each publication attempts to share and showcase leading educational ideas, research, and practices in Quebec, and beyond, by welcoming articles, interviews, visual repre- sentations, arts-informed work, and multimedia texts to inspire teachers, administrators, and other educators to reflect upon and develop innova- tive possibilities within their own practices. LEARNing Landscapes | Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 2013 7 Review Board Avril Aitken, Bishop’s University Ellyn Lyle, University of Prince Edward Island Susann Allnutt, McGill University Mary Maguire, McGill University Ramona Arora, McGill University Pamela Markus, Education Consultant Natasha Artemeva, Carleton University Ralph Mason, Western Quebec School Board Anhila Asghar, McGill University Chris Milligan, McGill University Liliane Asseraf-Pasin, McGill University Heather Mole, McGill University Alain Breuleaux, McGill University Ron Morris, McGill University Ronald Chenail, Nova Southeastern Carol A. Mullen, The University of North University Carolina at Greensboro Patricia Cordeiro, The University of Rhode Shaun Murphy, University of Saskatchewan Island Lesley Pasquin, McGill University Alice Dell, Eastern Shores School Board Michele Pinard, State University of New York Margaret Dobson, McGill University Stefinee Pinnegar, Brigham Young University Eleanor Duckworth, Harvard University Tiiu Poldma, Université de Montréal Zenia Dusaniwsky, St. George’s School of Nancy Posel, McGill University Montreal Debbie Pushor, University of Saskatchewan Kenneth Elliott, McGill University Gomatee Ramnarine, University of Trinidad Susan E. Elliott-Johns, Nipissing University and Tobago Lynn Fels, Simon Fraser University J. Kenneth Robertson, Champlain Regional Dean Fink, Education Consultant College Linda Furlini, McGill University Health Centre Bruce Shore, McGill University Karen Gazith, Bronfman Jewish Education Sylvia Sklar, McGill University Centre Lauren Small, New Frontiers School Board Eli Gerber, Marianopolis College Carolyn Sturge Sparkes, Memorial University Ilona Holland, Harvard University Pamela Steeves, University of Alberta Janice Huber, St. Francis Xavier University Teri Todd, California State University Chico Rita Irwin, University of British Columbia Lisa Trimble, McGill University Paul Kettner, English Montreal School Board Carolyn Turner, McGill University Joanne Kingsley, Bishop’s University Kathleen Vaughan, Concordia University Marie-Claude Larouche, Université du Elizabeth Walcot, Education Consultant Quebec à Montréal Boyd White, McGill University Nathalie Lemelin, Lower Canada College Lisa Winer, McGill University Marian Lothian, Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board Susan Winn, McGill University Bronwen Low, McGill University 8 LEARNing Landscapes | Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 2013 Editorial here are three themes that permeate the education literature at the moment . One is the need for 21st century skills to equip youth with the necessary tools to succeed in the new millennium, which of course is Twell underway after 13 years. As currently articulated, this means knowing how to access content knowledge efficiently and effectively and to acquire inquiry/problem- solving skills that are meaningful, adaptable, and integrative. The second is the impor tance of developing creative, collaborative, communicative, and innovative learners who are culturally sensitive, globally aware, and who behave in ethically respon sible ways. The third is the need for developing digital literacy to keep pace with the exponentially burgeoning digital world that offers vast promise, but at the same time demands a critical stance to ensure that the power of these tools is used responsibly in what Gardner (2012) terms “good work.” Technology is playing a critical role in how curricula are being developed and implemented. This is reflected in a huge movement in many countries to create STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) curricula to prepare students