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June 2009

Digital Stories, Opinions, Quesions: LIVE From NECC

Digital Stories, Opinions, Quesions: LIVE From NECC

Hi Digital Natives, residents & visitors, We're live at the NECC Conference today, and want to hear from you. We had an amazing day yesterday, meeting interesting educators and hearing a huge range of stories... Read more ...

Some new things at DN: Twitter, Your Stories & more...

Some new things at DN: Twitter, Your Stories & more...

Digital Nation is now on Twitter! Follow us @dig_nat, and join our ever-evolving dialogue about life in the digital age... Keep tagging your posts with the #dig_nat hashtag so that they show up in the... Read more ...

Education Technology Forum Transcript

FRONTLINE's Digital Nation hosted a live online discussion Wednesday, June 24, at 11 am EDT on the topic of education in the digital age. A panel of experts answered questions and discussed how technology is... Read more ...

A worthwhile wait

A worthwhile wait

Let me just start by saying I'm a Macophile. And an early adopter: I bought the first generation iPhone the first day it came out. A couple of weeks ago, like thousands of other Apple... Read more ...

My own laptops-in-the-schools dilemma

My own laptops-in-the-schools dilemma

Today, we posted a rough cut of a video we shot at IS 339, a middle school in the Bronx that has reinvented itself in part through a one-to-one laptop program. While we were filming... Read more ...

Ballin'

Ballin'

I'm going to let you in a real behind-the-scenes secret, and it's not a glamorous one. At our office in Brooklyn, NY, where the Digital Nation team toils away to bring you steady dispatches... Read more ...

It Starts While They're Still in Diapers

It Starts While They're Still in Diapers

This seven month old baby is my babysitter's niece. She loves all technology, but especially laptops. We decided to shoot her playing with one, figuring it might be a good image to use in... Read more ...

Guest Video: A Digital Generation at War

Guest Video: A Digital Generation at War

Elizabeth Rubin, a New York Times Magazine contributing writer, spent much of the fall of 2007 with Battle Company of the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade in northeastern Afghanistan. They were stationed in the remote, mountainous... Read more ...

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