MediaSnackers Podcast

Julian Lim is the Head of New Media for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (the first ever youth olympic games) http://mediasnackers.com/2010/05/ms-podcast152/

Kieran Masterton is the Co-Founder of OpenIndie. Kieran talks about running a startup, funding, using social media tools in his daily life and reacting to a community, hungry for a new service to come live. For links, timestamps and transcription got to http://mediasnackers.com/2010/03/ms-podcast150/

Heather Oldani is the Director of PR for McDonalds (USA) and colead on their digital strategy. For links, timestamps and transcription got to http://mediasnackers.com/2010/03/ms-podcast149

What could be the final podcast of the series for RezEdclick play and found out why.

Terrence Cummings, of Linden Lab, Jon Himoff, CEO of Rezzable, and Rich White, of Greenbush Education Service Centerdiscuss their various virtual platforms and how these platforms can be used as educational tools, and an In Focus with Larry Rosenstock, CEO and Founding Principal of High Tech High, speaking about integrating social issues into game design.

Jimmy Wales is the founder of Wikipedia and co-founder of Wikia, talking here about the two projects, their history plus current and future focuses.

Discussions around using World of Warcraft in education with four users and details of a new commercial partnership between Dell and Whyville plus the usual news and events from the Rezed community.

Linda Raftree is the Social Media and New Technology Advisor for Plan International focussed on West Africa (you can follow her work on her blog.

Featuring a discussion detailing the uses and background of Project Wonderland plus a quick tour of Kidscom.com. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/08/ms-podcast143-rezed-podcast38/

Milton Chen is executive director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation, discussing the organisations focus plus their recent Digital Generation project. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/07/ms-podcast142/

Featuring Thomas Malaby, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of Making Virtual Worlds: Linden Lab and Second Life, plus an "In Dialogue" session with Lou Ann Phillips, the Virtual Worlds Coordinator of the National eXtension Initiative and Ron Festa, the Virtual Worlds Administrator at the Division of Continuous Education & Outreach at Rutgers University. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/07/ms-podcast141-rezed-podcast36/

Andrew Davis is the founder of The Worst Kept Secret and is putting together a innovative course on social media for students here in the UK. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/06/ms-podcast140/

Featuring Raph Koster, founder and president of Metaplace plus an "In Dialogue" session with Donna Stevens, Director of Implementation, for Quest Atlantis at Indiana University and Steven Caldwell, Coordinator of Online Learning, MLC school, Sydney. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/06/ms-podcast139-rezed-podcast33/

A quick discussion with Dan Hunter regarding the State of Play (conference series). There's also a dialogue with Peggy Sheehy and Darren Towers who discuss virtual worlds in middle schools with Barry Joseph of Global Kids. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/05/ms-podcast138-rezed-podcast32/

Featuring an interview with Constance Steinkuehler, Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction for University of Wisconsin, Madison plus a dialogue session with Mimi Ito and Henry Jenkins. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/04/ms-podcast137-rezed-podcast31/

Fiona Hooley, Director of community operations for DeviantArt, the largest online art community, discusses her new role. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/04/ms-podcast136/

Featuring an interview with Ted Tagami, vice president for business development for Smallworlds plus a roundtable discussion with representatives from four countries (Brazil, France, Turkey and Japan) discussing how they use virtual worlds. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/03/ms-podcast135-rezed-podcast29/

Andrew Vassallo works for Trendwolves as a youth trend researcher discussing here the recently released European youth trend report (focussing on 14 to 25 year olds). Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/03/ms-podcast134/

Robin Harper is Vice President of Marketing and Community Development for Second Life and is stepping down this month, talking here about the growth of educational uses of their virtual world and the challenges and developments ahead. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/02/ms-podcast133-rezed-podcast27/

Anne Collier is Editor of NetFamilyNews and founder and executive director of its parent organization, Net Family News, Inc. talking here about the Internet Safety Technical Task Force Report. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/02/ms-podcast132-rezed-podcast26/

Josh Shipp is a one-man media machine who 'slings' advice for young people and who also makes films (see under time-stamps below), here discussing the reasons and benefits of using different online platforms. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/02/ms-podcast131/

Brett Pierce is the Executive Director of Panwapa, a program which aims to foster the foundation for global citizenship and community activism in young children, ages 4 to 7. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/01/ms-podcast130-rezed-podcast25/

Nic Mitham is the CEO and Founder of Kzero, a virtual world consultancy based in the UK talking here about trends, metrics and opportunities for educators. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2009/01/ms-podcast129-rezed-podcast24/

Aaron Walsh, Director of the Media Grid and Immersive Education Initiative and in 2007 was named one of the 40 most innovative people in the information technology industry by Computerworld. Project Wonderland is a project run by Sun Microsystems that aims at developing a tool kit for the creation of custom virtual worlds (MUVEs). Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/12/ms-podcast128-rezed-podcast23/

Frank Whiting teaches Computer Science at Shasta College, in Northern California and is also the dean of the University of There. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/12/ms-podcast127-rezed-podcast22/

Jackie Marsh, Professor of Education at Sheffield University, UK, discussing here her "Out-of-school play in online virtual worlds and the implications for literacy learning" paper centered around children aged 5 to 11 (she also authors the Digital Beginnings blog). Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/12/ms-podcast126-rezed-podcast21/

Barry Joseph (of Global Kids) interview Deborah Fields, a doctoral student at the University of California. Over the past two years she had spent innumerable hours in Whyville, a virtual world for tweens, studying Whyvillian news articles, an after-school club that played on Whyville, cheat sites about Whyville, becoming an established, wealthy citizen on the platform and paying off her loan for an exclusive Whyville car. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/11/mediasnackers-podcast125-rezed-podcast20/

Featuring a podcast interview with Ryan Clemens, technology support analyst principal for Arizona State University, discussing Google's new interactive virtual environment, Lively and how a group of students spent several months testing the platform. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/11/mediasnackers-podcast124-rezed-podcast19/

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 Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. Kelly has been volunteering in a teen jail in the United States, where for the first time incarcerated youth are able to log in to the virtual world of Teen Second Life and participate in Global Kids' and Youth Venture's Dream it. Do it. Initiative. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/10/ms-podcast123-rezed-podcast18/

Chatting with Amanda Lenhart, one of the authors of an exciting new Pew Internet & American Life Project report titled, Teens, Video Games and Civics. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/10/mediasnackers-podcast122-rezed-podcast17/

Speaking with Scott Arpajian, one of the founders of Dizzywood and also Patti Purcell, the principal of Bel Air Elementary School who has been using the virtual platform in an educational setting. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/09/mediasnackers-podcast121-rezed-podcast15/

Sarah 'Intellagirl' Robbins is a PhD Candidate at Ball State University and is also the editor of the Second Llife Education blog. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/09/mediasnackers-podcast120-rezed-podcast14/

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. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/08/mediasnackers-podcast119-rezed-podcast13/

Simon Bennet is the founding Director of RollingSound and Roll7, a multimedia youth-focussed agency talking here about two pro-social youth-led video games they have produced. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/08/mediasnackers-podcast118/

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. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/08/mediasnackers-podcast117-rezed-podcast12/

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. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/07/mediasnackers-podcast116-rezed-podcast11/

Donna Stevens is Director of Implementation, Quest Atlantis at Indiana University discussing the implementation process as it relates to teacher trainings, the students and the classroom. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/07/rezed-podcast9-mediasnackers-podcast115/

Evan Bevan is a photographer based out of St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, discussing here a specific piece of work titled, The Illuminatiexploring the relationship between youth andtechnology. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/07/mediasnackers-podcast114/

Jeremy W. Kemp is an instructional designer at San Jose State University and started teaching online back in 1999. Talking here about his varied experiences, insights and projects. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/06/rezed-podcast7-mediasnackers-podcast113/

Tracy Rebe, Assistant Principal at High School for Global Citizenship, Brooklyn NY, discussing the Science through Second Life Program that has met every day this semester. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/06/rezed-podcast6-mediasnackers-podcast112/

Linda Burch is Chief Education and Strategy Officer for Common Sense Media, an organisation dedicated to improving the media and entertainment lives of kids and families. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/06/rezed-podcast4-mediasnackers-podcast111/

Peggy Sheehy is a Middle School information specialist facilitating the Ramapo Islands Project and the first school-based educator to use Teen Second Life in the classroomwow. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/05/rezed-podcast3-mediasnackers-podcast110/

Hilary Mason is Senior Manager for West Sussex Youth Service AND the first ever uk-based statutory youth worker blogging. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/05/mediasnackers-podcast109/

Sasha Barab is an Associate Professor in Learning Sciences, IST and Cognitive Science at Indiana University. He also holds the Barbara Jacobs Chair of Education and Technology, and is the Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Technologytalking here about one of his project called Quest Atlantis, an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-15, in educational tasks. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/05/rezed-podcast2-mediasnackers-podcast108/

Larry Johnson is is Chief Executive Officer of the New Media Consortium (NMC), an international consortium of more than 200 world-class universities, colleges, museums, research centers, and technology companies dedicated to using new technologies to inspire, energize, stimulate, and support learning and creative expression. He is an acknowledged expert on the effective application of new media in many contexts, and has worked extensively to build common ground among museums and universities across North America and in more than a dozen other countries. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/04/rezed-podcast1-mediasnackers-podcast107/

Kate Dean is head of television for BT Vision and talks to us here about convergence of technology and interactive/communications elements in their service offerings. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/03/mediasnackers-podcast106/

David Sasaki is Director of Rising Voicesan outreach arm of the Global Voices project. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/03/mediasnackers-podcast105/

Idit Caperton is the founder of MaMaMedia and creator of the Globaloria Program which empowers and connects aspiring young web developers worldwide (amongst other things). Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/02/mediasnackers-podcast104/

Matt Locke is the new commissioning editor for Channel 4 Education, talking here about how how the audience has changed which is in turn impacting on their commissioning strategy. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/02/mediasnackers-podcast103/

Brad Jefferson is one of the cofounders of Animoto, a deliciously intuitive slideshow creator for your photos which we love here at MediaSnackers (plus, have been using in our training gigs with adults and young people). Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/01/mediasnackers-podcast102/

LA Youth is a twenty year old print newspaper by and about teens. Here, we talk with its founder and CEO Donna Myrow about this great youth project, how it happens and its forthcoming 20 year anniversary event. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2008/01/mediasnackers-podcast101/