Blog Archives: December 2007
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12/20/07
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David Buckingham
David Buckingham: School’s Out?
A co-editor of new International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM) asks: Do schools still have a place in the age of digital media?12/18/07
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Tara McPherson
Tara McPherson: Researching Multimedia Using Multimedia
A co-editor of the new International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM) discusses using the digital forms they study in presenting research.12/17/07
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Katie Salen
Katie Salen: The International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM)
Katie Salen announces the birth of a new journal from MIT press, co-edited by Salen, David Buckingham, and Tara McPherson.12/14/07
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Connie Yowell
Event Recap: How Technology is Changing Kids and Learning
Experts in the field of digital media and learning spoke Wednesday evening at the Brattle theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event celebrated the publication of the MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning now available for download from MIT Press.12/13/07
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Howard Gardner
[Reblogged] Howard Gardner: Is the Medium the Message?
Howard Gardner asks the question: “do the new digital media change everything?” We reblog this post from last spring in conjunction with yesterday’s discussion in Cambridge where Gardner was a panelist.12/12/07
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Henry Jenkins
[Reblogged] Henry Jenkins: Reconsidering Digital Immigrants…
In conjunction with tonight’s panel discussion in Cambridge on how technology is changing kids and learning, we reblog panelist Henry Jenkins’ discussion of his growing discomfort with the phrase, “digital natives.”12/11/07
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Katie Salen
Katie Salen: When Learning Happens in the Spaces Between
In conjunction with tomorrow’s panel discussion in Cambridge on how technology is changing kids and learning, Katie Salen asks: “How might three dots spell the future of learning?” Salen will be a panelist at the forum along with Howard Gardner and Henry Jenkins.12/10/07
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Kurt Squire
Kurt Squire: Building Academic Identities through After School Gaming
How can an after school program use commercial games like Civilization to transform struggling students?12/10/07
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Constance Steinkuehler
Constance Steinkuehler: Identity, Science Literacy, & the New Pop Cosmopolite
Are games needed to round out science education?12/06/07
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Elisabeth Hayes
Elisabeth Hayes: Becoming a new kind of girl through gaming
How can modding The Sims enable girls to develop tech-savvy identities?12/06/07
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Rich Halverson
Rich Halverson: Games and Leadership
Can building pyramids and killing Lokthar the Ice Lord make you a better leader?12/04/07
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Jen Humke
Panel Discussion & Second Life Simulcast on Digital Media and Learning
Three experts will talk about how technology is changing kids and learning in a panel discussion in Cambridge on December 12th. The event celebrates the publication of the MacArthur Series on Digital Media & Learning.12/03/07
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David Williamson Shaffer
