“The workshop is funded by the Research Council of Norway as part of the project Consuming Children: Commercialisation and the Changing Construction of Childhood (2006‐2009) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Globalisation Program” (Retrived on August 12, 2008 from www.ntnu.no/eksternweb/multimedia/archive/00037/Consuming_children_C_37334a.pdf).
VIDFEST Vancouver International Digital Festival 2008
The Vancouver International Digital Festival is an event for the top creative minds working in digital media. Join visionaries from games and digital entertainment, Web 2.0, interactive design, animation and mobile applications, at this annual ‘must-attend’ in Vancouver, Canada. Get access to international business match-making, ‘big picture’ conference sessions on the latest trends and markets […]
Media Literacy Week
The theme for Media Literacy Week 2009 is Media Literacy in the Digital Age, emphasizing the multiple literacy skills needed by today’s youth for accessing, evaluating, repurposing, creating and distributing media content to successfully navigate their digital media world. How do they find, evaluate and make sense of online information? Do they know how to […]
2009 Media Literacy Conference: 21st Century Skills
The Keynote presentation includes an analysis of trends in learning that explores how the web and digital media is changing the way we think, work, learn and interact. Examples from WGBH Frontline’s Digital Nation documents the national trends in schools in Texas, California and elsewhere. There will be another of other seminars and workshops for […]
The Power of Youth Voice
This is a panel discussion and screening event on November 18, 2009 sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The film, “The Power of Youth Voice,” explores how children use media and what they create through digital media.
NDI10: Digital Participation
NDI10 ‘Digital Participation: Passing IT on’ will take place in central London on Wednesday 10th & Thursday 11th March 2010. NDI10 aims to bring together key digital inclusion players, providers, policy makers and PLCs to share best practice, make connections, and build momentum. The aim of the conference is to get cross-sector digital inclusion partners […]
Crossover Lab Turin
Crossover is an international programme designed to explore the creative and the commercial challenges of developing content and services for digital media. The lab process brings together creative professionals from diverse disciplines – including film and TV production, animation, games, theatre, web design and new media – to share understanding of a rapidly changing mediascape, […]
Northeast Media Literacy Conference
The main emphasis of the ninth annual Northeast Media Literacy Conference will be based upon: •exploring the growing interrelationships with digital media brought about by the rapid spread of new, more personal, faster digital technology; •new and changing sources and uses of media information; •the continuing and growing need to help young people to develop […]
Media at the Center: A Marshall McLuhan Centenary Symposium
This symposium is hosted at Fordham University by the Department of Communications and Media Studies, where a number of topics regarding the evolution of media will be discussed. Topics include ‘McLuhan at Fordham: A Roundtable Discussion’, ‘McLuhan and Theology’, ‘McLuhan and New Media’, and ‘Media at the Center’. This event is free for the public.
Children’s Learning in a Digital World (2005)
The conference, “Children’s Learning in a Digital World,” will be held at Brock on Friday, Aug. 19 and Saturday, Aug. 20. The Brock Research Institute for Youth Studies (BRIYS) will host the conference, which is funded by Owl Children’s Trust Fund and the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network. This two-day conference will present exciting […]