[Conf] The "Totally Wired: How Technology is Changing Kids and Learning" public forum
The Totally Wired: How Technology is Changing Kids and Learning public forum, featured panelists Henry Jenkins, Katie Salen & Howard Gardner, was held Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 5:30-7:00 pm EST, at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Hosted by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to celebrate the publication of the MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning. The panel was introduced by Jonathan Fanton, MacArthur President, and moderated by Connie Yowell, MacArthur's Director of Education.
VIDEO/AUDIO:
This event was streamed live into the virtual world of Second Life on the main grid at the University of Southern California's Annenberg sim and within the teen grid on the Global Kids island. Below you can watch the video from the live event (we apologize in advance for a few microphone glitches):
Listen to the podcast
In addition, we compiled a half-hour collection of videos made of the presentations as viewed in both the teen and adult grids of Second Life:
To download the original video files, to mash-up with appropriate credit of course, go to our blip.tv collection.
PHOTOS:
View all photos posted with the mac121207 tag.
CHAT LOG:
Read the abridged transcript from the teens who were watching on the Global Kids Estate. While watching the stream they discussed the topics as they were raised, such as:
- Web sites blocked at schools
- The concept of being a digital native
- The relevance of testing
COVERAGE:
"Experts Praise Classroom Media," Harvard Crimson, MA
"How they'll learn," Boston Globe
Coverage of the event on a German education blog
