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RezEd Podcast, Episode 20- Deborah Fields on Whyville Learning Structures and Opportunities

[SUMMARY—The hub for learning and virtual worlds podcast series.] (WORLD) The twentieth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Barry Joseph (of Global Kids) interview Deborah F... Read More »

Tagged: whyville

RezEd Podcast, Episode 19- Ryan Clemens discusses testing Google's new virtual world, Lively, with students at Arizona State

[SUMMARY—The hub for learning and virtual worlds podcast series.] Featuring a podcast interview with Ryan Clemens, technology support analyst principal for Arizona State University, discussing Goo... Read More »

Tagged: Lively

RezEd Podcast, Episode 18- Co-Podcast with YALSA featuring an interview with Kelly Czarnecki on Providing Opportunities to Incarcerated Youth through via Virtual Worlds

A joint podcast with Global Kids and YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) interviewing Kelly Czarnecki, a Technology Education Librarian, at ImaginOn with the Public Library of Charlot... Read More »

RezEd Podcast, Episode 17- Amanda Lenhart, Author of recent Pew Internet Report 'Teens, Video Games and Civics'

Interview with Amanda Lenhart, one of the authors of an exciting new Pew Internet & American Life Project report titled, Teens, Video Games and Civics. 0.00—0.24 intro 0.25—6.19 RezEd news f... Read More »

Tagged: Civic Engagement, Videogames, Pew

RezEd Podcast, Episode 16- Special Podcast: Ethics and Virtual Worlds

In association with the release of the first RezEd Report, this special podcast explores the issue of ethics and virtual worlds from the broad perspectives of the diverse RezEd community. The podca... Read More »

RezEd Podcast, Episode 15- Co-Founder of Dizzywood and Elementary Principal on using the virtual platform in educational settings

[SUMMARY—The hub for learning and virtual worlds podcast series.] (WORLD) The fourteenth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Speaking with Scott, one of the founders of Dizz... Read More »

Tagged: Dizzywood

RezEd Podcast, Episode 14- Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins on the impact of virtual platforms on learning

[SUMMARY—The hub for learning and virtual worlds podcast series.] (WORLD) The fourteenth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins, PhD Candidate at Ba... Read More »

Tagged: Second Life, Sarah Robbins, Intellagirl

RezEd Podcast, Episode 13- Jonathan Richter discusses the upcoming Second Life Education Community Conference

Jonathan Richter is an educational technology research scientist, educator, and futurist at the University of Oregon, discussing here the forthcoming Second Life Education Community Conference. [S... Read More »

RezEd Podcast, Episode 12- James Paul Gee on Virtual Worlds and the Power of Situated Learning

Featuring an interview conducted by Barry Joseph of Global Kids at the recent GLS Conference with Dr. James Paul Gee, a big time expert in the academic field of gaming and learning. 0.00—0... Read More »

RezEd Podcast, Episode 11- Liz and Lane Lawley, Mother and Son about their Experience and Focus on Virtual Worlds

Featuring an interview conducted by Barry Joseph of Global Kids at the recent GLS Conference with a mother and son about their experience and focus on virtual worlds. 0.00—0.24 intro 0.25... Read More »

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This week's podcast features Deborah Fields speaking on Whyville Learning Structures and Opportunities. Deborah Fields is a doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Influenced by her gaming experiences, her main research interests include studying youths' identities and informal learning and teaching practices across spaces - including virtual, school, home, and informal spaces such as clubs and religious communities. Over the past two years she had spent innumerable hours in Whyville, a virtual world for tweens.

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