Social Media Technology & Learning
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Tom Heywood,
Image: "Zeit Geist" game by the Five Experimental Ninjas, RTC.
Recent News and Interviews on World Wide Workshop Programs:
‘Voices from the Field’ Documentary Series Named Finalist in 2010 Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival in Austin, TX.July 15, 2010
With filmmaker Andrew David Watson, we have been documenting learning stories and reflections of young Globaloria students and their educators. In 32 video vignettes, they talk about how ideas in mathematics, science, civics, design and engineering as well as social media technology, became more comprehensible through conceiving and programming web-games on social issues. Read more here. Globaloria 1st Annual STEM Games Competition Winners AnnouncedJune 16, 2010
U.S. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV and the World Wide Workshop Foundation announce winners of the 1st Annual Globaloria STEM Games Competition. Click here to see the results. Globaloria Civics Games Competition Coming to San JoseJune 9, 2010
From the San Jose Education Examiner "There is one education project this city and adjoining cities need to replicate: The Annual Globaloria Civics Game Competition." Read more here. Globaloria 1st Annual Civics Games Competition Winners AnnouncedJune 9, 2010
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and the World Wide Workshop Foundation are proud to announce the winners of the 1st Annual Globaloria Civics Games Competition. Click here to see the results. From Instruction to Construction: Rethinking the Classroom Model with GlobaloriaMay 19, 2010
T.H.E. Journal takes a closer look at the details of Globaloria's game development program and the way in which it re-imagines the classroom. Click here to read the article. AMD Foundation teams with World Wide Workshop to double number of students learning game design at Southwest Key’s East Austin College Prep AcademyApril 4, 2010
AMD has granted a second year of funding to World Wide Workshop and Southwest Key so that East Austin College Prep Academy (EACPA) in Austin, TX can continue its Globaloria program. The article was featured on: United States Senator Jay Rockefeller to Serve as Honorary Chair of 1st Annual STEM Games Competition for Globaloria StudentsMarch 9, 2010
Globaloria is teaming up with U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller to host our 1st Annual Globaloria Games Competition on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM games). The article was featured on: Caperton's Wife Wants West Virginia to be Model of Bridging DivideFebruary 4, 2010
We know her as World Wide Workshop's Founder and Director. Many West Virginians know Idit Harel Caperton as former governor Gaston Caperton's wife. In this article, she talks about the expansion of the Globaloria West Virginia program and her hopes for the state to bridge the "digital divide". Click here to read the article. WV Public Broadcasting: Students Learn by Creating Computer GamesOctober 21, 2009
Listen to Foundation president, Idit Harel Caperton and Globaloria Shepherd University educator, Monica Larson, discuss Globaloria and how it is preparing WV students for success in the 21st century. Click here for the complete radio report and article. The State Journal: Pilot Education Project Takes Aim at Teaching Students Through Interactive Web toolsMay 28, 2009
Read this cover story from the West Virginia State Journal about how Globaloria is preparing WV students from middle school to community college for success in the 21st century. Click here for the complete article. AMD Foundation Announces New AMD Changing the Game Program PartnersMay 27, 2009
The World Wide Workshop was selected as one of three new grants issued by the AMD Foundation as part of their Changing the Game initiative. This grant will be used to integrate Globaloria into the daily curriculum of Southwest Key’s East Austin College Prep Academy in Texas. Read the AMD Press Release and an article in Neoseeker. The State Journal: Students Take Part in Pilot Educational ProgramMay 6, 2009
At the Clay County High School in West Virginia, Globaloria is shaking things up, challenging traditional approaches to education, and making learning fun. Click here to read the article and watch the story video. WOWK-TV 13, Decision Makers: Web Xtra with Idit CapertonMay 15, 2009
Watch Decision Makers’ host, Bray Cary, in Charleston, WV, interview Idit Caperton about why Globaloria launched in West Virginia and how it is transforming education and learning across the state. Click here to watch Digital Learning and Design Conference 2009: Interview with Dr. Idit Harel CapertonJanuary 29, 2009
World Wide Workshop Founder, Dr. Idit Harel Caperton, offers her perspective on global learning tools and using social media technology for an educational purpose at DLD09 in Germany. Click here to watch the video.
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