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McGuire, Mark – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2016
This paper provides an overview of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and contextualizes them within the broader trends of open, informal and mobile learning. It then discuss Phonar Nation, a free, open, non-credit five-week photography course that was offered twice in 2014 using mobile media to reach youth from 12-18 years of age. The author…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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O'Mara, Ben; Harris, Anne – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2016
This article problematises the uptake and use of digital technologies by migrant and refugee-background young people, through the lens of a site-based arts pedagogy program, Culture Shack (CS), in Melbourne, Australia. It argues that online pedagogies including animation, Facebook, photoshop, mobile phones and Youtube can be used effectively for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Migrants
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Sardone, Nancy B.; Devlin-Scherer, Roberta – American Secondary Education, 2015
This paper discusses potential strategies and sources for approaching uncomfortable topics and reviews the challenges facing teachers who choose to do so with the topic of genocide as an example. Using a variety of techniques, including graphic organizers, political cartoons, comic books and graphic novels, films, children's and young adult…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Adolescents, Homicide, Death
Manifold, Marjorie Cohee, Ed.; Willis, Steve Ed.; Zimmerman, Enid, Ed. – National Art Education Association, 2016
Globalization is blurring the lines between once clearly defined groups of people, making cultural sensitivity more important than ever. Culturally sensitive art education can cultivate the ability for students to empathize with and care about others, but until now, few guidelines have existed to help art educators bring together those from…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cultural Relevance, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education
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Wissman, Kelly – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2010
In this article, the author investigates the teaching and writing of poetry within public school spaces, illuminating how the work of poetry in an Academic Interventions classroom stirs new visions of who the students and the teacher can be. The study involves five teachers from a range of rural, urban, and suburban districts. These teachers…
Descriptors: Poetry, Public Schools, Writing Assignments, Rural Schools