Publications

Articles - selected highlights

Commonly Requested Articles

Jason's work has been published in numerous books, magazines, e-zines and journals. See portfolio for a more complete listing of publications. The following are some of his more commonly requested articles:

• The Future of Learning Systems? Redefining Systems, Computer Education, Spring, 2007. Jason is the 2006-2007 guest contributor of Computer Education, which is published by NAACE, the professional association of the United Kingdom for those concerned with advancing education through the appropriate use of information and communications technology (ICT). The journal publishes reports and summaries of classroom action research based projects of varied scale and focus e.g. recent issues have carried articles on digital story telling with ethnic minority pupils, practical issues of VLEs and effective use of information management systems. Computer Education is made available to to all Naace members (over 4000 advisers, consultants, teachers and others) and to university and academic libraries in the UK.
• Traditional Storytelling Goes Green, National Storytelling Magazine, January, 2007. Students create, write, tell and video record original stories that they perform in front of a green screen. During the editing process, they slide original artwork behind their performances using green screen chroma editing. The results are spectacular. For more information about the green screen storytelling process, visit Jason's green screen storytelling how-to website.
• The World of Digital Storytelling, Education Leadership Journal. Through creating electronic personal narratives, students become active creators, rather than passive consumers, of multimedia. They combine oral, written, digital and art literacies as they become heroes of their own learning stories. This article has also been Translated into Spanish. For more information about storytelling in education, visit Jason's storytelling website. Contact Jason if you want to how to obtain a copy of the article. Also, visit Jason's storytelling site for free materials about using digital storytelling in the classroom.
• Art Becomes the 4th R, Education Leadership Journal. Thanks to multimedia, the language of art is taking center stage and becoming the next foundational literacy. "Art Becomes the 4th R" has also been translated into Spanish, as well as fourteen other languages. Contact Jason if you want to how to obtain a copy of the article. Also, visit Jason's 4th R site for more materials about the art the 4th R.
• Education and the New Economy, The State Education Standard of the National School Boards Association. Thanks to the Internet, education is now a buyer's, rather than a seller's, market, providing the alternatives that "No Child Left Behind" demands. In a high-tech economy, adding value becomes everything--even for schools--as students become clients and customers who are shopping for the best educational deal they can find.
• A Primer for Taming the Beast: Using Technology Effectively, Creatively and Wisely, Technos Quarterly. Being technologically literate means more than just being able to use technology; it means being able to understand technology's impacts on ourselves, our communities and the environment.