networked media

Spotlight covers the intersections of technology and education, going behind the research to show how digital media is used in and out of classrooms to expand learning.

“When I talk to colleagues in Finland, they say, how do you filter?” said Jim Klein, director of Information Services and Technology at the Saugus Union School District in Southern California.

“They say, our kids’ filters are in their heads.

You do this by giving them a safe environment to educate themselves instead of sticking your head in the sand and pretending these technologies don’t exist.”

Why did MTV, the pop culture television icon and Angry Birds, the predominant, casual gaming juggernaut, partner up? But more specifically, why did they partner up to combat a major social issue like cyberbullying?

DRC:  Turns out MTV take their commitment to their audience very seriously ...

Google+ Hangouts is making a splash in education, where teachers and others are transforming the learning experience.

Robin Good: Hadza is a new web service which leverages the power of video clips shot by smartphones at public events to recreate, after-the-fact, a multiple point of view video recording of those moments.

You can either shoot your clips with Hazda, or upload to Hazda any clip that is already on YouTube. 

Hazda's algorithm automatically groups videos together into "events" based on the GPS and time stamps they receive (videos are grouped together within 1000 meters and 20 seconds of each other.)

The service is free to use.

Examples: https://hadza.com/events/5/ ;

https://hadza.com/events/7/ ;

https://hadza.com/events/4/ ;

FAQ: https://hadza.com/faqs/ ;

Find out more or try it now: http://hadza.com/ ;

In 2004, a former hedge fund analyst began recording and posting videos of himself explaining some math techniques.

Jérémy Pouilloux: "Transmedia Immersive University is a project that is taking transmedia to France’s universities; an initiative I launched last year. The aim behind TIU is to encourage students to write transmedia material by supervising the production of their projects and then broadcasting these projects as part of a public event."