Multimedia
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Colleges putting their own spin on YouTube
Mon, May 12, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Video technologies
A growing number of colleges and universities are trying to elbow their own video messages onto such sites as YouTube to promote themselves, create a virtual community, and drown out embarrassing clips, reports the Washington Post. [ Read More ]
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Parents unsure about kids' digital media use
Mon, May 12, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Multimedia
American parents agreed by a wide margin that digital media skills are important to kids' success in the 21st century, but they also expressed skepticism about whether digital media could contribute to the development of skills such as communicating, working with others, and establishing civic responsibility, according to a new national poll from Common Sense Media and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. [ Read More ]
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Lego's latest brick trick: a virtual world
Fri, May 02, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Multimedia
Millions of children pick up Lego bricks each year to spend hours creating their own imaginary worlds. Now, the manufacturer of the little plastic playing blocks wants to take them online to "Lego Universe," a virtual world for fans of the ubiquitous toy, Reuters reports. [ Read More ]
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How nonprofits are using social networking to raise money
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Multimedia
Nonprofit organizations are testing ways to raise money and awareness through online social networks, betting that the internet's viral nature will open fresh avenues for fundraising and marketing, the Chicago Tribune reports. [ Read More ]
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Sports simulations can give students a real workout
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Gaming
The Edmonton Journal reports that a Canadian educator has undertaken an experiment to answer an intriguing question: Can video game-based exercise be as good as the real thing? [ Read More ]
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Gaming helps students hone 21st-century skills
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Gaming
Online gaming can help students develop many of the skills they'll be required to use upon leaving school, such as critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity, agreed educators who spoke during an April 16 webinar on gaming in education. [ Read More ]
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Report: Big media going 'virtual' for kids
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Gaming
A host of big media companies and entrepreneurs are flocking to the kids space to create new virtual worlds aimed at the 18-and-under crowd, Mediaweek reports. [ Read More ]
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In some libraries, video games--and noise--are welcome
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Gaming
Reaching out to teens with video-game nights is an increasingly common practice for libraries, reports the Los Angeles Times--and one that appears to be paying off in the form of greater attendance. [ Read More ]
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Adobe launches free web version of Photoshop
Thu, Mar 27, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Multimedia
Adobe Systems, the maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop, on March 27 launched a basic version of the program available free of charge online. [ Read More ]
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Ivy League takes its rivalry online
Fri, Mar 21, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Multimedia
The historic rivalries of the Ivy League have reached the internet, reports the New York Times: This winter, the armies of Yale invaded Massachusetts and conquered Harvard. [ Read More ]
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