Colloquium, "The Young and the Digital", S. Craig Watkins, May 14

"The Young and the Digital: Race, Class, and the New Media Ecology"  Presented by S. Craig Watkins Associate Professor, The Department of Radio-Television-Film The University of Texas at Austin  Friday, May 14, 2010 10:00–11:00 a.m. Gregory Conference Room, Goldstein Library Louis Shores Building, FSU Campus Or view live on the web at Abstract: From the …

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Mardis on WCTV, WTLX news

Dr. Marcia Mardis (center) discusses school library resources with Stephanie Salvatore and Lauren Searcy of WCTV. Dr. Marcia Mardis, assistant professor at the School of Library & Information Studies, appeared on local television evening news reports, Friday, July 24, 2009, on WCTV and WTLX. The features highlighted the recent grant received by Mardis to investigate the …

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Mardis receives IMLS grant to explore digital open content for school libraries

Studies have shown that digital resources — video clips, audio, simulations, and images — improve student learning in science and math, and the emergence of online digital libraries has made more free resources available than ever before. Yet few make it to student classrooms or computers. A new research study at The Florida State University …

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