Blog Archives: May 2008

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5/29/08

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Lucy Bernholz

Lucy Bernholz: Building the New Field of Digital Media and Learning

What does it mean to build a new field? The president of Blueprint Research & Design applies lessons from the past to field building in the global digital future.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Credibility, Games, Identity, Digital Divide

 
 

5/29/08

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Anne Balsamo

Anne Balsamo: Networked Learning Sites

What is the future of libraries and museums in the digital age? How can digital media help these institutions enhance informal learning? A professor at the University of Southern California describes her work on a new project.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Credibility, Games, Identity, Digital Divide

 
 

5/27/08

Filed by
Mizuko Ito

Ito & Goldberg: A Digital Media and Learning Networked Studio

David Theo Goldberg and Mimi Ito detail plans to develop a “research collaboratory” on digital media and learning.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Credibility, Games, Identity, Digital Divide

 
 

5/22/08

Filed by
Jonathan Fanton

Jonathan Fanton: New Grants in Digital Media and Learning

MacArthur’s President announces new grants in Digital Media and Learning.

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5/14/08

Filed by
Cory Ondrejka

Cory Ondrejka:  A Challenge for Public Good

Second Life’s co-founder and visiting professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication describes an invitation to the residents of Second Life to imagine new ways that virtual worlds can be used to make a contribution to the public good.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Credibility, Games, Identity, Digital Divide

 
 

5/13/08

Filed by
Connie Yowell

Connie Yowell: Stanford Public Forum Video & Blog Coverage

MacArthur’s education director follows up on the recent public forum held at Stanford last month, “From MySpace to Hip Hop: New Media in the Everyday Lives of Youth.”

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Credibility, Games, Identity, Digital Divide

 
 

5/09/08

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Connie Yowell

Connie Yowell: Logging into the Playground

New research on parental views of the role of digital media in kids’ lives will be presented today at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s First Annual Symposium

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Credibility, Games, Identity, Digital Divide

 
 

5/07/08

Filed by
Jim Bower

Jim Bower: Building a Virtual Community of Learners

The creator of Whyville concludes our series on the affordances of virtual worlds with discussion of why he believes users come back to the community and stay.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Credibility, Games, Identity, Digital Divide

 
 

5/05/08

Filed by
Yasmin Kafai

Yasmin Kafai: The Learning Affordances of Pimples in Virtual Worlds

An associate professor of education from UCLA shares learnings from her study of the annual virtual public health epidemic in Whyville.net, “Whypox.” This continues our series on the affordances of virtual worlds and 21st century learning environments.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Credibility, Games, Identity, Digital Divide

 
 

5/01/08

Filed by
Constance Steinkuehler

Constance Steinkuehler: Digital Montessori for Big Kids

An assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin responds to Connie’s post on the “affordances” of virtual worlds. She describes her work studying adolescent boys in an after school online gaming club.

Filed in: Civic Engagement, Credibility, Games, Identity, Digital Divide

 
 
 

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