/tags/digital-learning Digital Learning en-US Copyright Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:02:32 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-03-19/do-you-speak-relating-and-communicating-through-emoji Host Anita Rao talks about how emojis get created with Charles Carson, the managing editor of Duke University Press’ linguistics journal, American Speech, and a member of the Unicode emoji subcommittee. Susan Herring, professor of information science and linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington, also joins to talk about the linguistic use of emoji. Rao also gets hot takes on emoji usage from two teenagers: high school seniors Ellie Stevens and Amanda Tsuetaki, who are also a part of ĽŞ˛ĘÍřÍřվ’s Youth Reporting Institute. Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:02:32 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-03-19/do-you-speak-relating-and-communicating-through-emoji Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /arts-culture/2020-12-28/not-your-old-fashioned-bookworms-how-librarians-became-digital-connoisseurs-in-pandemic This March, our world turned digital. Zoom meetings, virtual school and video chats dominated work, school and home life. To ease this transition to… Mon, 28 Dec 2020 16:50:00 GMT /arts-culture/2020-12-28/not-your-old-fashioned-bookworms-how-librarians-became-digital-connoisseurs-in-pandemic Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /education/2017-12-28/school-districts-across-state-win-grants-to-improve-digital-learning The State Board of Education this month approved $1.2 million in grants to support digital learning initiatives in 30 school districts and one charter… Thu, 28 Dec 2017 15:36:42 GMT /education/2017-12-28/school-districts-across-state-win-grants-to-improve-digital-learning Liz Schlemmer /education/2017-09-14/gen-z-students-ditch-lockers-in-the-age-of-digital-learning The bell rings at Granville Central High School to signal lunch time on a recent afternoon. Hundreds of students pour into the hallways carrying… Thu, 14 Sep 2017 11:00:00 GMT /education/2017-09-14/gen-z-students-ditch-lockers-in-the-age-of-digital-learning Liz Schlemmer /education/2017-05-16/digital-learning-threatens-to-leave-some-students-behind North Carolina lawmakers are banking on the benefits of digital learning. Four years ago they passed legislation requiring that state funding for… Tue, 16 May 2017 12:55:24 GMT /education/2017-05-16/digital-learning-threatens-to-leave-some-students-behind Lisa Philip /show/the-state-of-things/2017-04-24/bridging-the-information-gap-worldwide-meet-cliff-missen People with few means but big hearts stepped in to help Cliff Missen as he transitioned in and out of foster care as a child. When he turned 18, Missen… Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:09:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-04-24/bridging-the-information-gap-worldwide-meet-cliff-missen Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /science-technology/2017-04-24/bridging-the-information-gap-worldwide-meet-cliff-missen People with few means but big hearts stepped in to help Cliff Missen as he transitioned in and out of foster care as a child. When he turned 18, Missen… Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:09:25 GMT /science-technology/2017-04-24/bridging-the-information-gap-worldwide-meet-cliff-missen Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /education/2015-07-07/from-books-to-digital-not-cheap-or-simple-move-for-schools In North Carolina classrooms today, students are dealing with far fewer textbooks. Over the last seven years, state money for books has dropped… Tue, 07 Jul 2015 16:52:59 GMT /education/2015-07-07/from-books-to-digital-not-cheap-or-simple-move-for-schools Reema Khrais /education/2015-04-29/n-c-lawmakers-push-several-education-bills-before-legislative-deadline North Carolina lawmakers passed several education-related bills on Wednesday, just hours before their legislative “crossover” deadline. Most bills that do… Thu, 30 Apr 2015 03:38:16 GMT /education/2015-04-29/n-c-lawmakers-push-several-education-bills-before-legislative-deadline Reema Khrais /education/2014-01-22/building-a-mini-silicon-valley-ex-gov-perdue-launches-digital-learning-initiative A year after leaving office, former Governor Bev Perdue is returning to the public stage with the launch of a new project focused on digital learning. In… Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:52:21 GMT /education/2014-01-22/building-a-mini-silicon-valley-ex-gov-perdue-launches-digital-learning-initiative Reema Khrais