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How Learners Can Be On Top of Their Game: An Interview with James Paul Gee (Part Two)


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March 23, 2011



Your most recent book, Women and Gaming: The Sims and 21st Century Learning, moves us from a focus on the kinds of learning which occurs inside the game as we play towards the kinds of learning which takes place around the game as people build upon it through the mechanisms of what you would call affinity spaces or what I call Participatory Culture. You describe this as "gaming beyond gaming." What has motivated this shift of emphasis?

How Learners Can Be On Top of Their Game: An Interview with James Paul Gee (Part One)


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March 21, 2011

Japan’s 8.9 Earthquake and CitizenTube’s Response


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March 11, 2011

So I’ve spent the better part of my morning investigating the Japanese earthquake and sending notes to friends and blood brothers to make sure that people are OK. Luckily, so far everybody in my circle of friends seems to be fine, but the devastation is amazingly widespread and shocking. The current major concern seems to be centering around the stabilization of the country’s nuclear power reactors, most specifically in Fukushima. According to MSNBC news coolant is being flown in for the reactor, but it’s still an insuperably touchy situation.

Announcing Transmedia, Hollywood 2: Visual Culture and Design


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March 10, 2011

Transmedia registration can now be done through
http://www.ticketmaster.com/Transmedia-Hollywood-2-Visual-Culture-and-Design-tickets/artist/1559777


TRANSMEDIA, HOLLYWOOD 2:
Visual Culture and Design

A UCLA/USC/Industry Symposium
Co-sponsored by
UCLA Producers Program,
UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television
and
USC School of Cinematic Arts

A Remediated, Premediated, and Transmediated Conversation with Richard Grusin (Part Three)


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March 10, 2011

I am putting up the final installment of my conversation with Richard Grusin a day early as I am headed out of town for much needed R&R time with my wife. I will not be posting next week, but expect to return shortly thereafter.

History and Genealogy

A Remediated, Premediated, and Transmediated Conversation with Richard Grusin (Part Three)


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March 10, 2011

I am putting up the final installment of my conversation with Richard Grusin a day early as I am headed out of town for much needed R&R time with my wife. I will not be posting next week, but expect to return shortly thereafter.

History and Genealogy

A Remediated, Premediated, and Transmediated Conversation with Richard Grusin (Part Two)


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March 9, 2011


Aesthetics
RG:
Serendipitously, I, too, had been thinking of a video that might help delineate the distinction between transmedia and remediation--the Hype Williams video for "Gold Digger," the Kanye West song featuring Jamie Foxx.

A Remediated, Premediated, and Transmediated Conversation with Richard Grusin (Part Two)


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March 9, 2011


Aesthetics
RG:
Serendipitously, I, too, had been thinking of a video that might help delineate the distinction between transmedia and remediation--the Hype Williams video for "Gold Digger," the Kanye West song featuring Jamie Foxx.

A very cool viral video


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March 8, 2011

If you guys haven’t seen this yet, check it out.

I’ve tried about ten actions and they all link to video. The customization here is incredible.

A gathering of industry news stories, February 28-March 7


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March 7, 2011

1. Angry Birds game coming to Facebook
 Productivity? Down.  Pig destroying? Way up! The game started on iPhone, expanded to Android and other game systems (including even PS3), and there’s even talk of an animated series. Moustached pigs don’t stand a chance.