[Conf] Coverage of the "What Are Kids Learning in Virtual Worlds?" conference
November 14th, at 6:00 p.m. PST, Barry Joseph will be presenting as part of What Are Kids Learning in Virtual Worlds? conference being held at the University of Southern California.
The LIVE SIMULCAST of this event can be viewed on the Web here.
Additionally, this event is being live simulcast into Second Life at Annenberg Island and Teen Second Life on Global Kids Serious Gaming sim.
We will post additional information and coverage of the event below as it comes in.
Here is a videolog taken over the course the day by Barry Joseph, in which he asks everyone he meets: "When you hear the phrase virtual worlds, what comes to mind?"
A transcript from the Second Life live simulcast event that took place in he Annenberg sim. Of interest is the discussion that took place after the event.
Full video coverage of the presentatio below or view it here.
From MacArthur's blog, Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning comes a post by Connie Yowell entitled Week’s Theme: Posts by Forum Panelists (re: Virtual Worlds and Learning), which overviews the forum event. The post also has links to further information and thoughts by each panelist that presented.
- Anastasia Goodstein:
Learning In Virtual Worlds - Doug Thomas
- Yasmin Kafai
- Barry Joseph:
Using Virtual Worlds to Foster Activism Through Youth Media
Other press and blog coverage of the event:
- from C/net news.com's site: What kids learn in virtual worlds
- from the NCS-tech blog: What are Kids learning in Virtual Worlds? A MacArthur Foundation Panel webcast
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Posted by: Calvin | November 13, 2007 8:46 PM