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Recent Links in Digital Media & Learning

Filed at 8:00 am on October 9, 2008 in Civic Engagement, Credibility, Games, Identity, Digital DivideLeave a comment

We’ve gathered links in digital media and learning from around the web over the past few weeks that seem worth highlighting. They include new blogs and social networking tools, interviews with gaming researchers, and cross continental texting.

New initiative from the Spencer Foundation: Civic Learning and Civic Action.

Blog Post from Global Kids: Crossing the Metaversal Divide: Second Life teens exchange text messages with Ugandan girl on her cell phone.
 
New collective blog from researchers conducting an international survey of research in the field of new media and learning: Futures of Learning. (See Mimi Ito’s recent Spotlight post.)

Podcast from RezED, the hub for learning in virtual worlds: Episode 10: GLS Conference Overview.

New civic engagement and social networking site from the Seattle Youth Commons: Puget Sound Off. (See our recent post.)

Article from Wired Magazine: Games Without Frontiers: How Videogames Blind Us With Science. (Featuring University of Wisconsin Professor Constance Steinkuehler.)

Video from Edutopia, a project of the George Lucas Educational Foundation: Grading with Games: An Interview with James Paul Gee.

What are we missing? Comment with new sites or stories you think should be added to this list.

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