Werd I/O

8.4% of students in K12 education have special needs, but they're typically not represented in digital media and learning work. #dml2015

The Wacker Manual: "every student is a city planner." #dml2015

The Wacker Manual helped rebuild Chicago after the great fire by saying that every student should be a good steward of their city. #dml2015

Interesting: libraries evolving into maker spaces continues their longstanding interest in providing public educational resources. #dml2015

How to help homeless youth? "Media can educate and build empathy, which can influence politicians." #dml2015

Facing History and Ourselves looks like a great organization: https://www.facinghistory.org #dml2015

"I will not go along with the crowd" is civic engagement too. YES. Non-conformity when It matters is so important. #dml2015

In a world where we are all publishing online, "we are the media". YES. #dml2015

Positive reviews and community comments on fan fiction gave writers more confidence in their academic lives, too. #dml2015

"Fan fiction was what got me into writing in the first place." Make it fun, and you bring down psychological barriers. #dml2015

Any session that asks me to recognize the Doctor Who theme tune - and season! - is a-ok by me. (I got it right, obvs.) #dml2015

Sitting in a session about distributed mentoring in fan fiction communities. Really interesting to me. #dml2015

A great example of an institution getting on top of anonymous abuse on its campus: http://gimletmedia.com/episode/9-yik-yak/ #dml2015

If you'd like to learn more about any of the connected learning tools from this morning's session: http://connectedlearning.tools #dml2015

Want to learn more about open platforms, including #indieweb, that you can use to teach & learn today? Meet us in CA Ballroom C. #dml2015

Enabling people to be homesteaders rather than digital sharecroppers is one of the tenets of the #indieweb: http://indiewebcamp.com #dml2015

If you'd like to clean up your Twitter feed and remove abuse, this tool may help: https://blocktogether.org/ #dml2015

Web apps allow learners to use the device of their choice (or your institutional devices!), on their terms. #dml2015 #indieweb

One trend in technology that does not help equality: stop developing for iOS / OS X first. Be tech-agnostic. #dml2015 #indieweb

"We have to reimagine what a tech worker looks like [...] so people are open to seeing a person of color." - @mariateresa1 #dml2015