The Pearson Foundation has helped to develop, and helped share with others, some of the most interesting and effective approaches for engaging young people in their own learning, and for transferring this engagement to academic success.
The New Learning Institute is highlighting the important work of education leaders and innovators.
Digital Media and Learning
These films present profiles of the leading thinkers and researchers who are examining the role that digital media plays in young people's lives. Each of our profilees see digital media - social networks, online games and media production - as the transformational tools of the 21st century. They enable all of us - but young people especially - to pursue interests, form networks, interact with experts, and communicate in ways that were unheard of only a decade ago.
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A 21st Century Education
The film series, A 21st Century Education profiles acclaimed school-reform leaders, both thinkers and practitioners. Together, the twelve first-person films that make up this series explore three related themes - Technology, Student-Centered Learning, and Social Justice - each in its own way at the center of current debate about what works, and what's needed, to help students succeed during school and in life.
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