[staff] OLP April/May Staff Reflections!
The April/May staff reflections are now up!
A quick overview of what OLP thought about for these past two months: Rafi raves about his past conference experience and discovers a new course on creative, thought-provoking technology at NYU, Barry walks through his tweets and discusses six trends around education and virtual worlds, Rik talks about his experience in Chicago at the HASTAC meeting and looks at ways of conversing with non-techie audiences about digital media as a learning tool, Amira discusses the divide within learning and non-learning institutions using digital media, Krista looks at the uses of machinima and Tabitha reflects on her time with the Virtual Video Project.
Read the reflections below for a more in-depth description:
- In “Learning in a Participatory Culture”, Rafi reflects on the conference that culminated the yearlong partnership that Global Kids has had with MIT's Project New Media Literacies. (Bonus: Get to see his presentation too!)
- Barry creates a digital comic in “My Life on Twitter”, to demonstrate how he used Twitter at work during April.
- In “HASTAC Digital Media & Learning Showcase: a laptop orchestra, OLPCs in Chiapas, vloggers in Mumbai, and more”, Rik talks about his inspiring second time participating in the HASTAC digital media showcase, which featured amazing educational projects from around the world.
- Amira reviews the role of learning using digital media within non-institutions in “Important Conversations on Digital Media and Non-Institutional Learning Spaces.”
- In “Machinimania,” Krista reflects on how differently people view the uses of machinima, whether for educational or entertainment purposes.
- Tabitha shares a brief reflection on the Virtual Video Project program coming to an end, in "Towards the End for this Year's VVP."
- Rafi documents NYU's Interactive Telecommunication Program's Fall Show in his “Growing innovation, from the playful to the serious, at NYU's ITP”.
- In “Helping "digital immigrants" see Web 2.0 as an asset for youth,” Rik considers the challenges of talking about digital media and virtual worlds to a non-techie audience.
- Barry reflects on six trends in virtual worlds around learning and philanthropy in his “Virtual Worlds: Emerging Trends for 2009”.
