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Nichole Pinkard director of Innovation, Urban Education Institute, University of Chicago, and founder of the Digital Youth Network, brought together educators and developers working in digital media and learning as part of a set of convenings sponsored by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Pinkard invited MacArthur grantees and others who are creating schools, tools, learning environments, curriculum and assessments to work on building a common language and finding collaborative opportunities across the work. We interviewed two of the educators from this two-day event held at the Carnegie Foundation in March, 2009. -
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Gamelab Institute of Play promotes GAMING LITERACY--the play, analysis, and creation of games--as a foundation for learning, innovation, and change in the 21st century. Through a variety of programs centered on game design, the Institute of Play engages audiences of all ages, exploring new ways to think, act, and speak through gaming in a social world. Participants call themselves writers, designers, readers, performers, teachers, and students. We just call them gamers. -
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Don't use the word "fun" to describe what will go on in the Game School, a proposed New York City public school that will use "game design and game-inspired methods" to educate sixth through 12th graders.
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