The North of Sixty project, with it's mission to collect a tapestry of Arctic Voices have been in the news lately sharing their Arctic expedition and the success of the project. To get an inside glimpse, below are just a few of the interviews and media...
Read MoreCongratulations to the North of 60 Expedition team (Aaron, Jeni, Brad, and Chris) on completing the N60 Arctic expedition in Nunavut, Canada! From the entire North of Sixty° Expedition team – Aaron, Jeni, Chris, Brad, and Matthew, thank you for following along with our journey. We...
Read MoreThe LT Media Lab was honored to be a finalist at the GSV Education Innovation Summit ROE Awards ceremony on April 17, 2013. LTML was nominated in the ROE Accelerator category for their research and design work that has impacted more than 20 million teachers...
Read MoreNate Edwards, M.Ed. student in Learning Technologies at the University of Minnesota, has joined the LTML design and development team - welcome, Nate! Nate will be working on the Avenue, Flipgrid, and iPad development projects within LTML, as well as working on the designs of...
Read MoreThe Minnesota Star Tribune recently featured a story on the North of 60 expedition. The story focuses on Chris Ripken, a Centennial High School geography teacher, who is currently on the North of 60 expedition team heading to Nunavut and taking students along for the ride! Read...
Read MoreKSTP reporter Chris Egert visited Dr. Aaron Doering's home on April 9, the day before the North of 60 expedition kicks off, to interview the team and share the project with the greater Minneapolis region. Check out the full link at http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2992491.shtml?cat=1 and watch the...
Read MoreThis upcoming Tuesday, April 9, 2013, Scharber will keynote the spring Rochester Area Math Science Partnership professional development event at Century High School in Rochester, MN. Geared toward math and science educators, Scharber will speak about meaningful technology integration and the considerations of using iPads...
Read MoreHeld March 28 at the beautiful McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota campus, the North of Sixty expedition kickoff event was a fun time and a great sendoff for the team! Attendees from across campus and the local community came to learn more...
Read MoreStudents and staff in the Learning Technologies program attended and presented at the annual SITE (Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education) conference in New Orleans (March 25-29). Congratulations to Jim, Daryl, Engin, Justin, Josh, & Nesrin! Tooling Audio Accommodations in Spanish 1 for Students with...
Read MorePlease join Cassie for an #Engchat on Monday, April 1 from 7-8pm EST/ 6-7pm CST focused on iPads. To date, there is an iPad initiative or pilot program occurring in every state within the U.S. Similar to technological advances before them, iPads are being touted as...
Read MoreDuring the CEHD Research Day event held yesterday, LT Media Lab faculty, staff, and grad students were kept busy answering questions from attendees about the many exciting and innovative projects at the lab. This annual event, sponsored by the College of Education and Human Development,...
Read MorePlease join us March 28 from 2:00-4:00pm at McNamara Alumni Center for a special kickoff event for the North of Sixty arctic expedition! Everyone is invited to come and hear the special guest speakers, try on and test out gear and tech, meet the team,...
Read MoreDr. Aaron Doering, LTML co-director, recently keynoted the International Technology, Education and Development Conference in Valencia, Spain. His keynote focused on designing and developing transformative learning experiences. Doering was then interviewed about his vision for education, and that interview will be posted online soon. The...
Read MoreSix North of Sixty° explorers, led by Aaron Doering, LTML co-director, are gearing up to undertake an expedition in April 2013, pulking from Qikiqtarjuaq to Pangnirtung in Nunavut, Canada. The team will also visit schools and interview teachers, students, elders, and others in both communities,...
Read MoreA huge thanks to Roger Landsberg who flew over from Australia to give a presentation at the LT Media Lab this past Friday. We couldn't have asked for a more engaged audience and we want to thank everyone for coming out! ...
Read MoreThe Avenue world languages e-assessment platform (see http://ave.umn.edu/info) inched closer this week to a planned summer launch on the iPad. Congrats to Judah on the first stable build that we tested on the iPad around the office! The Avenue project is led by Dr. Charles...
Read MoreScott Spicer defended his Masters Thesis this week in Learning Technologies. Scott's thesis focuses on and is titled "The Relationship Between Digital Storytelling Creation and Self-Efficacy Beliefs on Media Production Skill Sets in First Year College Students." Scott's adviser was Dr. Charles Miller (LTML Co-Director)...
Read MoreDr. Aaron Doering will keynote The International Technology, Education and Development Conference in Valencia, Spain - March 4 -6, 2013....
Read MoreWe've just launched an exciting new project called North of Sixty°. Its mission is to create a global tapestry of climate stories that weaves together the history, culture, and traditional ecological knowledge of Arctic communities worldwide. The North of Sixty° project is collaborating with classrooms from throughout the circumpolar...
Read MoreAngel Pazurek recently presented at a workshop on technology integration in higher education for faculty in the teacher education program at Seattle University. Theoretical and practical elements of the workshop centered on the unique pedagogical and instructional design considerations necessary to facilitate meaningful and engaging...
Read MoreEMC was back in the LT offices, this time joined by Eric Cantor, President and CEO of New Mountain Learning. Everyone involved is getting very excited for the progress in making this collaborative effort a success! ...
Read MoreLT’s Angel Pazurek recently attended and presented at the 2012 annual conference of the American Association for Adult & Continuing Education (AAACE) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The theme of this year’s conference was "Developing and Sustaining Adult Learners in the 21st Century" and Pazurek attended...
Read MoreThanks to everyone who came out for the TIES 2012 EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE. We had a great time presenting our projects to all of you and look forward to future collaborations!...
Read MoreSherene Azar, a former MEd student in the Learning Technologies program at the University of Minnesota, has joined the LTML team to lead the support and marketing development for the Avenue World Languages project. Avenue is is an innovative e-assessment platform for building custom language tasks...
Read MoreCritical Digital Literacies as Social Praxis: Intersections and Challenges (2013) (edited by JuliAnna Ávila Jessica Zacher Pandya) The contributors to this edited book examine the simultaneous implementation of critical and digital literacies and explore ramifications for the development and assessment of critical digital literacies (CDL) curricula across educational...
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