RezEd Review: A Year in Learning and Virtual Worlds
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To inaugurate its second year, RezEd.org is releasing the latest RezEd Review, featuring edited transcripts of 22 RezEd podcast interviews from the past year.
By Barry Joseph
Interviews include:
• James Paul Gee, Sasha Barab, and others on research, public policy and educational change;
• Brett Pierce (Sesame Street’s Panwapa), Debra Fields (http://www.whyville.net), and Aaron Walsh (the Wonderland Education Grid) on using a variety of virtual worlds for learning;
• Middle school media specialist Peggy Sheehy, librarian Kelly Czarnecki, and Second Life founder Robin Harper on the history and practice of learning in Second Life;
• Parents and teens such as Liz and Lane Lawley on virtual worlds and learning at home.
RezEd.org, the online hub for learning and virtual worlds, was funded through the first HASTAC competition, building on Global Kids’ prior work in virtual worlds made possible through support from the MacArthur Foundation. It continues with support from the MacArthur Foundation.
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