Filter Bubbles and the UWCSEA Learner

 Think digital and media literacy don’t need to be a priority? Either we can use social media to reinforce filter bubbles, or to break them: here are a few tools to help you do the latter: POLITECHO  check out the Google Chrome Extension here. The app assigns each of your friends a score based on…

Digital Bytes – 27 Feb, 2017

Pixar: The Art of Storytelling We are all storytellers. Here is your chance to learn from the master storytellers at Pixar through this Khan Academy course which takes you through the process of telling an effective story. There are videos and activities that make this a great process for you and your students regardless of…

Digital Bytes 11 April 2016

Everybody Panic! 5 Ways Social Media is Changing your Brain Responding to a popular TED talk, Lisa Nielson attempts to debunk some of the myths raised. Some really interesting points! Check it out! The Real Me Prompted by a conversation she had with a group of people who argued it’s impossible to have decent conversations…

Digital Bytes April 27 2015

In this week’s Digital Bytes there are articles on a variety of assessment tools, the benefits of social media for kids and apps and websites to help create movies and animation.