Description

This issue explores what a participatory culture is, how it fits into AASL's Standards for 21st-Century Learner and the development of student dispositions needed for effective use of social media. The issue is guest edited by Buffy Hamilton and Ernie Cox.

Guest Editor(s):

• Buffy Hamilton, Librarian, Creekview High School
• Ernie Cox, Teacher-Librarian, Prairie Creek Intermediate School

AASL President(s):

• Susan Ballard, Vice President, National Collaborative for Digital Equity

Author(s):

• Andy Plemmons, School Librarian, David C. Barrow Elementary
• Elizabeth Losh, Director of the Culture, Art, and Pechnology program, Sixth College at U.C. San Diego
• Henry Jenkins, Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
• Mega Subramaniam, Associate Professor, University of Maryland
• June Ahn, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
• Amanda Waugh, Doctoral Student, University of Maryland
• Allison Druin, ADVANCE Professor, STEM Senior Women’s Council
• Susan Kowalski, School Librarian, Pine Grove Middle School
• Antero Garcia, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
• Howard Rheingold, Author
• Kristin Fontichiaro, Clinical Associate Professor of Information, University of Michigan
• James Paul Gee, Professor, Arizona State University
• Elizabeth E.G. Friese, Media Specialist, Anderson-Livsey Elementary School
• Karen Gavigan, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina
• Darcy Pattison, Storyteller & Founder, Mims House