[press] new Threshold focuses on Participatory Media; includes Global Kids
Cable in the Classroom has released the latest issue of Threshold Magazine. It goes out to 40,000 schools. This issue was coordinated by our partners at the M.I.T.s Project New Media Literacy. Global Kids was involved in three of the articles, each available for free as a pdf download here.
The first one, Henry Jenkin's "'Geeking Out' on Democracy," states the following:
Global Kids, a New York after-school organization, has been using Second Life to bring together youth leaders from around the world in a virtual playground where they can imagine and stage solutions to real-world problems. Global Kids used machinima-a technique to create realtime digital animation-to document the story of a child soldier in Uganda and circulate it via YouTube and other platforms to call attention to the plight of youth in the developing world.Much like the HP [Harry Potter] Alliance, Global Kids is modeling ways we can bridge the gap between participatory culture and participatory democracy.
The second is an article co-written by GK's own Rafi Santo, descibing a day in the life of our innovative Media Master's program: "Mastering New Media."
Finally, the third, "The Future of Participatory Culture: A Threshold Forum," is an edited transcript of GK's Online Leadership Director, Barry Joseph, in dialogue with Henry Jenkins, Daniel T. Hickey, and John Palfrey discussing the rise of digital media and what it means for our students, our schools, and education in general.
Please check it out and help spread the word about this fantastic resource.
