Graduates (especially those who are teachers in K-12), <br><br>You may want to take a look at the first article on this website.<br><br>Dr. Franklin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
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Subject: Class Differences in Parenting; LA’s New PlayMaker School; and Why You May Not Have to Worry About Information Overload …<br>To: <a href="mailto:franklit@ohio.edu">franklit@ohio.edu</a><br><br><br><div><div style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px">

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                                        <p>Today will be the last installment of Spotlight’s newsletter. In anticipation of new work on connected learning, Spotlight is ending daily publication. But we’re not disappearing anytime soon. Over the next year, Spotlight will interview thought leaders to discuss how the field of digital media and learning has grown and changed. We’ll also be working on archiving the feature stories, blog posts and videos for future use. Please see our <a href="http://e2.ma/click/tesec/53746/929cr" title="related post" target="_blank">related post</a> below to learn more about the transition and to view the range of topics Spotlight has covered over the past six years. </p>


<p>All of us on the editorial team thank you for inspiring our coverage and for being part of Spotlight’s community. As we bring six years of conversation to a close, we want to hear from you. What have you learned? What questions about digital media and learning remain unanswered? Feel free to <a href="http://e2.ma/click/tesec/53746/pvadr" title="leave comments on the final post" target="_blank">leave comments on the final post</a> and to share with us your favorite story or topic covered on Spotlight. We look forward, as we know you do, to seeing how digital media and learning will continue to influence education and policy in the years to come.</p>



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                                After six years of publishing, Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning will cease blogging regularly as of today. We take a look back and a look at what’s to come in 2013 and beyond.

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                                Can you imagine being in middle school, waking up each morning knowing that it’s not classic arithmetic and social studies lessons that await, but rather a day of flight simulation and filmmaking?

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