On Dec. 12th the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hosted Totally Wired, a public forum at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge on how digital media is changing how young people learn and play, featuring:
Henry Jenkins, Professor, MIT, and author of Convergence Culture,will talk about his latest work on media literacy and skills young people need for the 21st Century.
Katie Salen, Professor, Parsons the New School for Design, and game designer, will discuss the new public school based on design and games she is opening in New York City.
Howard Gardner, Professor, Harvard University, and author of Five Minds for the Future, will talk about the ethical implications of growing up online.
Although I wasn’t able to attend, a friend that did raved about it and told me the panel discussion was posted on Blip.tv (note there’s a l-o-n-g intro so fast forward past the first 20% if you’re short for time). For another perspective the forum was also webcast into Second Life and saved as machinima. You could watch them here but, like previous videos I’ve tried to post, all the .flv and .mov players break the page layout. If any WordPress or web video hackers reading this have a solution please shout it out.
