Gamification and Learning Environments
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to contribute to the MediaCommons project by joining a survey on “How does gamification affect learning?” The id...
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The Hispanic/Latino Label in the USA: Pan-ethnic? Multi-racial?
A recent national survey by the Pew Hispanic Center (2012) revealed that people from Latin American origins living in the USA that are usually categorized as “H...
Social Protests in Colombia: Farmers, Urban Youth and Digital Networked Media
The last two weeks of August in Colombia were pretty intense, unique, and inspiring in terms of social movements, media practices, and participation. The social...
Problematizing Media Education
Media practitioners and theorists have sustained for many years a debate between the analytical/critical and the technical/practical approach to teaching media ...
Performing an Ignite Talk at DML 2013
Two weeks ago I did a presentation at the Digital Media and Learning Conference (DML 2013 : Democratic Futures) in the format of an Ignite Talk. This format is ...
Geographic Data and Inequalities
I just assisted a great panel at SXSWi that discussed the inequalities of Geo-Data on the internet. This is something we sometimes overlook when we talk about ...
PLAY! at UT-Explore : Video Game Prototyping with Sketch Nation
Yesterday, as part of the UT-Explore open house, we run two 4o minute workshops for children and teens at the Belo Center for New Media. It was a very fast vide...