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Friday 14th December 2007 11:06 am
Event Recap: Howhttp://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry/event_recap_technology_kids_learning/ Technology is Changing Kids and Learning
Experts in the field of digital media and learning spoke Wednesday evening at the Brattle theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event celebrated the publication of the MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning now available fordownload from MIT Press.

A great event in Boston!
Thank you to all involved in the public forum we hosted in Boston, and a special thank you toHoward Gardner,Katie Salen andHenry Jenkins.  It was a lively conversation with great involvement from the audience.  We hope it helps in advancing the current consideration of digital media, learning and youth development beyond good versus bad to a more “ecological approach” (as Katie discussed) that considers not only the direct relation between tools and young people, but as importantly, the role of friends, family, industry, and larger society.  For more, check out Global Kids’ collection ofmedia from the event—including others’ comments about the event, hear the podcast, or view the webcast of the event.
I also want to say thanks again to all those involved in the MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning. Monterey Institute of Technology,New Media Consortium,Blueprint Research and Design,Global Kids andMIT Press were all instrumental in managing the complicated process of engaging over 56 authors, six editors, a youth advisory group, and an advisory committee in a networked and public approach to scholarship.  The books are available fromThe MIT Press andAmazon and individual articles can be downloadedhere.
Lastly, please take a look at the call for papers for the newInternational Journal of Learning and Media (and pass the link along).  Next week we will run a series of blog posts from the new journal’s editors.  Stay tuned!
 
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