温尼伯,MB -公众的我s reminded that the free Public Forum “Do Video Games Help Kids Learn?” takes place tonight, Thurs., Jan. 24 at 7:30 pm at UWinnipeg’s Convocation Hall, second floor, Wesley Hall, 515 Portage Ave.
Presented by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation & The University of Winnipeg, the event features MacArthur’s experts in digital media and education sharing their research and views. A reception follows the event.
The MacArthur Foundation has invested five years and $50-million to build the field of digital media and learning as a tool for understanding how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize and participate in civic life. This groundbreaking effort in research can be an essential and a constructive educational tool to help develop educational environments and social institutions that meet the needs of young people, especially the marginalized and the disenfranchised. This public forum is the first time the MacArthur Foundation is offering this educational session and discussion in Canada, which explores core issues facing young people in today’s digital world. Link:http://www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/dmal/-/5
Keynote speakers include Sasha Barab from Indiana University, Nichole Pinkard, Director of Technology at the University of Chicago’s Center for Urban School and Constance M. Yowell, Director of Education in the MacArthur Foundation’s Program on Human and Community Development.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON PRESENTERS
Sasha Barab博士is a leading expert in using games and virtual worlds for teaching science concepts and knowledge. He will discuss the virtual world project, Quest Atlantis, a three dimensional environment that uses commercial game strategies to immerse children, ages 9-12, in educational tasks. Dr. Barab is an Associate Professor at Indiana University.
Nichole Pinkard博士is the Chief Technology Officer and Director of Design and Research at the Center for Urban School Improvement at the University of Chicago. Dr. Pinkard has overseen the integration of technology into a network of charter schools in Chicago and has created the vision for the Digital Youth Network Program. This is an after-school program that facilitates urban youth in becoming discerning new media consumers and fluent media producers. Dr. Pinkard is a recipient of the Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies and an NSF Early CAREER Fellowship.
Julia M. Stasch是约翰·D·凯瑟琳·T·麦克阿瑟基金会的美国副总裁计划。她负责与加强社区有关的基金会赠款的各个方面；改善教学；增加获得稳定且负担得起的住房的机会；改善少年正义；推进促进心理健康的政策；支持增强国家地区竞争力的方法；将研究和实践经验转化为有效的社会和经济政策。
卢克·沃克is the Director of Education Programs at Taking It Global, a global non-profit online portal focused on empowering over 100,000 young people to get involved in improving their local and global communities. Walker has been responsible for developing programs and tools to help teachers and students leverage the vibrant TakingITGlobal.org community to support interactive and highly engaging e-learning experiences.
Dr. Constance M. Yowellis the Director of Education for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Yowell focuses on grants relating to public education, and on the implications for education of young people’s use of digital media. Prior to joining the Foundation, Yowell was an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where her work included the study of reasons why Latino youth drop out of high school.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundationis a private, independent grant-making institution helping to build a more just and sustainable world. Through the support it provides, the Foundation fosters the development of knowledge, nurtures individual creativity, strengthens institutions, helps improve public policy, and provides information to the public, primarily through support for public interest media. With assets of more than $6.4-billion, the Foundation makes approximately $260-million in grants annually. More information is available atwww.macfound.org.
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