{"id":33103,"date":"2012-10-05T13:53:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T17:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=33103"},"modified":"2012-10-08T09:23:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T13:23:43","slug":"exploring-the-field-of-tech-for-engagement-thorman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/10\/05\/exploring-the-field-of-tech-for-engagement-thorman\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the field of tech for engagement [Thorman]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/digitalcitizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Exploring the field of tech for engagement<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from knightfoundation.org by Damian Thorman; with a special thanks going out to Sue Ellen Christian for this find\/resource<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Knight Foundation launched its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knightfoundation.org\/funding-initiatives\/tech-engagement\/\">Tech for Engagement Initiative<\/a> two years ago because we believe technology has the power to transform our democracy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In big and small ways, we see the potential for reinventing citizens\u2019 relationships with their neighbors, leaders and governments, as a way to build the informed and engaged communities where we all want to live.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Since then, Knight has invested $10 million in two dozen projects, with some early successes. I think most readily of Community PlanIt, which helped the Boston Public Schools involve more people, more deeply in planning efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring the field of tech for engagement &#8212; from knightfoundation.org by Damian Thorman; with a special thanks going out to Sue Ellen Christian for this find\/resource Excerpt: Knight Foundation launched its Tech for Engagement Initiative two years ago because we believe technology has the power to transform our democracy. In big and small ways, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,178,480],"tags":[773,142,660,792],"class_list":["post-33103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-generational-differences","category-society","tag-digital-citizenship","tag-engaging-students","tag-generational-differences","tag-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33103"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33112,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33103\/revisions\/33112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}