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Molly Westmoreland's curator insight,
October 2, 2014 1:40 PM
A key assumption in Jenkin's book, Spreadable Media, is that words matter, that the metaphors we use shape the assumptions we make and thus the actions we take, all the more so in the context of an emerging and still ill-defined phenomenon. Claims today we use words to describe the internet that are not only misleading but damaging. For example he despises the terminology user-generated content. Problem with Web 2.0: It is a business model which seeks to capture and capitalize on the public's desire to participate. In doing so, it has provided some key affordances which have helped to expand the communicative capacities of everyday people, but it has also set restrictions or extracted tolls from their participation in ways which have been highly destructive |
Molly Westmoreland's curator insight,
October 2, 2014 1:09 PM
Robot Heart Stories: Experimental learning project that challenges two underprivileged classrooms a country apart to help a "lost robot" home. The experiment connects technology, language skills, different cultures, and basically all subjects (math, reading, science, writing) in a fun game that is placing learning directly into the hands of all students. Inanimate Alice: Interactive episodes that combine text, sound, and images to tell the story of a young girl named Alice. Points out transmedia has long been property of commercial franchises aimed at young people, but questions the time lapse that occurs before society explored the implications of transmedia for education
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Henry Jenkins: "What do you see as the biggest challenges confronting transmedia producers today as they seek to adopt these practices towards promoting social justice?"
DRC: Part One of this interview can be found here and Part Two here.