MediaSnackers Podcast

MS Podcast#146

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:18:58 -0700

Was interviewed by Radio Live NZ (6mins). The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MS Podcast#145 / Rezed Podcast#40

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:52:29 -0700

The fortieth RezEd monthly podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids.

MS Podcast#144

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:46:24 -0700

Linda Raftree is the Social Media and New Technology Advisor for Plan International focussed on West Africa (you can follow her work on her blog. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MS Podcast#143 / Rezed Podcast#38

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:25:32 -0700

The thirty eighth RezEd monthly podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Featuring a discussion detailing the uses and background of Project Wonderland plus a quick tour of Kidscom.com.

MS Podcast#142

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:42:31 -0700

The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion. Milton Chen is executive director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation, discussing the orgainsations focus plus their recent Digital Generation project. Check out the full blog post : http://mediasnackers.com/2009/07/ms-podcast142/

MS Podcast#141 / Rezed Podcast#36

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:42:34 -0700

The thirty sixth RezEd monthly podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Featuring Thomas Malaby, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of Making Virtual Worlds: Linden Lab and Second Life, plus an 'In Dialogue' session with Lou Ann Phillips, the Virtual Worlds Coordinator of the National eXtension Initiative and Ron Festa, the Virtual Worlds Administrator at the Division of Continuous Education & Outreach at Rutgers University.

MS Podcast#140

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:50:29 -0700

The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion. Andrew Davis is the founder of The Worst Kept Secret and is putting together a innovative course on social media for students here in the UK.

MS Podcast#139 / Rezed Podcast#33

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:40:38 -0700

The thirty third RezEd monthly podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Featuring Raph Koster, founder and president of Metaplace plus an 'In Dialogue' session with Donna Stevens, Director of Implementation, for Quest Atlantis at Indiana University and Steven Caldwell, Coordinator of Online Learning, MLC school, Sydney.

MS Podcast#138 / Rezed Podcast#32

Mon, 04 May 2009 13:22:30 -0700

The thirty second RezEd monthly podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. A quick discussion with Dan Hunter regarding the State of Play (conference series). There's also a dialogue with Peggy Sheehy and Darren Towers who discuss virtual worlds in middle schools with Barry Joseph of Global Kids.

MS Podcast#137 / Rezed Podcast#31

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:49:14 -0700

The thirty first RezEd monthly podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Featuring an interview with Constance Steinkuehler, Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction for University of Wisconsin – Madison plus a dialogue session with Mimi Ito and Henry Jenkins.

MS Podcast#136

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:07:16 -0700

The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion. Fiona Hooley, Director of community operations for DeviantArt,the largest online art community discusses her new role.

MS Podcast#135 / Rezed Podcast#29

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:09:52 -0700

The twenty ninth RezEd monthly podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Featuring an interview with Ted Tagami, vice president for business development for Smallworlds plus a roundtable discussion with representatives from four countries (Brazil, France, Turkey and Japan) discussing how they use virtual worlds.

MS Podcast#134

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:24:00 -0800

The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion. Andrew Vassallo works for Trendwolves as a youth trend researcher discussing here the recently released European youth trend report (focussing on 14 to 25 year olds).

MS Podcast#133 / Rezed Podcast#27

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:03:15 -0800

The twenty seventh RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Robin Harper is Vice President of Marketing and Community Development for Second Life and is stepping down this month, talking here about the growth of educational uses of their virtual world and the challenges and developments ahead.

MS Podcast#132 / Rezed Podcast#26

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:18:56 -0800

The twenty sixth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Anne Collier is Editor of NetFamilyNews and founder and executive director of its parent organization, Net Family News, Inc. talking here about the Internet Safety Technical Task Force Report.

MS Podcast#131

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:50:21 -0800

The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion. Josh Shipp is a one-man media machine who 'slings' advice for young people and who also makes films (see under time-stamps below), here discussing the reasons and benefits of using different online platforms.

MS Podcast#130 / Rezed Podcast#25

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:35:28 -0800

The twenty fifth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Brett Pierce is the Executive Director of Panwapa, a program which aims to "foster the foundation for global citizenship and community activism in young children, ages 4 to 7."

MS Podcast#129 / Rezed Podcast#24

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:31:07 -0800

The twenty fourth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Nic Mitham is the CEO and Founder of Kzero, a virtual world consultancy based in the UK talking here about trends, metrics and opportunities for educators.

MS Podcast#128 / Rezed Podcast#23

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:15:19 -0800

The twenty third RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Aaron Walsh, Director of the Media Grid and Immersive Education Initiative and in 2007 was named one of the 40 most innovative people in the information technology industry by Computerworld. Project Wonderland is a project run by Sun Microsystems that aims at developing a tool kit for the creation of custom virtual worlds (MUVEs).

MS Podcast#127 / Rezed Podcast#22

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:04:58 -0800

The twenty second RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Frank Whiting teaches Computer Science at Shasta College, in Northern California and is also the dean of the University of There.

MS Podcast#126 / Rezed Podcast#21

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:45:55 -0800

The twenty first RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids Jackie Marsh, Professor of Education at Sheffield University, UK, discussing here her paper "Out of school play in online virtual worlds and the implications for literacy learning" paper centered around children aged 5 to 11 (she also authors the Digital Beginnings blog).

MediaSnackers Podcast#125 / Rezed Podcast#20

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:03:41 -0800

The twentieth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Barry Joseph (of Global Kids) interview Deborah Fields, a doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Over the past two years she had spent innumerable hours in Whyville, a virtual world for tweens, studying Whyvillian news articles, an after-school club that played on Whyville, cheat sites about Whyville, becoming an established, wealthy citizen on the platform and paying off her loan for an exclusive Whyville car.

MediaSnackers Podcast#124 / Rezed Podcast#19

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:22:40 -0700

The nineteenth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Featuring a podcast interview with Ryan Clemens, technology support analyst principal for Arizona State University, discussing Google's new interactive virtual environment, Lively and how a group of students spent several months testing the platform.

MediaSnackers Podcast#123 / Rezed Podcast#18

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:57:12 -0700

The eighteenth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. A joint podcast with Global Kids and YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) interviewing Kelly Czarnecki, a Technology Education Librarian, at ImaginOn with the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. Kelly has been volunteering in a teen jail in the United States, where for the first time incarcerated youth are able to log in to the virtual world of Teen Second Life and participate in Global Kids' and Youth Venture's Dream it. Do it. Initiative.

MediaSnackers Podcast#122 / Rezed Podcast#17

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:02:00 -0700

The seventeenth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Chatting with Amanda Lenhart, one of the authors of an exciting new Pew Internet & American Life Project report titled, Teens, Video Games and Civics.

MediaSnackers Podcast#121 / Rezed Podcast#15

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:01:39 -0700

The fifteenth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Speaking with Scott, one of the founders of Dizzywood and also Patti, the principal of Bel Air Elementary School who has been using the virtual platform in an educational setting

MediaSnackers Podcast#120 / Rezed Podcast#14

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:37:26 -0700

The fourteenth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins, PhD Candidate at Ball State University and editor of the Second Llife Education blog.

MediaSnackers Podcast#119 / Rezed Podcast#13

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:39:58 -0700

The thirteenth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Jonathan Richter is an educational technology research scientist, educator, and futurist at the University of Oregon, discussing here the forthcoming Second Life Education Community Conference.

MediaSnackers Podcast#118

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:59:22 -0700

Simon Bennet is the founding Director of RollingSound, a multimedia youth-focussed agency talking here about two pro-social youth-led video games they have produced. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MediaSnackers Podcast#117 / Rezed Podcast#12

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:50:58 -0700

The twelth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Featuring an interview conducted by Barry Joseph of Global Kids at the recent GLS Conference with Dr. James Paul Gee, a big time expert in the academic field of gaming and learning.

MediaSnackers Podcast#116 / Rezed Podcast#11

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:11:53 -0700

The eleventh RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Featuring an interview conducted by Barry Joseph of Global Kids at the recent GLS Conference with a mother and son about their experience and focus on virtual worlds.

Rezed Podcast#9 / MediaSnackers Podcast#115

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:31:53 -0700

This is the ninth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Donna Stevens is Director of Implementation, Quest Atlantis at Indiana University discussing the implementation process as it relates to teacher trainings, the students and the classroom.

MediaSnackers Podcast#114

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:26:55 -0700

Evan Bevan is a photographer based out of St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, discussing here a specific piece of work titled, The Illuminati-exploring the relationship between youth and technology. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Rezed Podcast#7 / MediaSnackers Podcast#113

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:28:57 -0700

This is the seventh RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Jeremy W. Kemp is an instructional designer at San Jose State University and started teaching online in 1999. Talking here about his varied experience and projects.

Rezed Podcast#6 / MediaSnackers Podcast#112

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:09:38 -0700

This is the sixth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Tracy Rebe, Assistant Principal at High School for Global Citizenship, Brooklyn NY, discussing the Science through Second Life Program that has met every day this semester.

Rezed Podcast#4 / MediaSnackers Podcast#111

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:08:10 -0700

This is the second RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Linda Burch is Chief Education and Strategy Officer for Common Sense Media, an organisation dedicated to improving the media and entertainment lives of kids and families.

Rezed Podcast#3 / MediaSnackers Podcast#110

Tue, 20 May 2008 06:43:54 -0700

This is the second RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Peggy Sheehy is a Middle School information specialist facilitating the Ramapo Islands Project and the first school-based educator to use Teen Second Life in the classroom.

MediaSnackers Podcast#109

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:55:08 -0700

Hilary Mason is Senior Manager for West Sussex Youth Service AND the first ever uk-based statutory youth worker blogging. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Rezed Podcast#2 / MediaSnackers Podcast#108

Mon, 05 May 2008 16:11:10 -0700

This is the second RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Sasha Barab is an Associate Professor in Learning Sciences, IST and Cognitive Science at Indiana University. He also holds the Barbara Jacobs Chair of Education and Technology, and is the Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology-talking here about one of his project called Quest Atlantis, an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-15, in educational tasks.

Rezed Podcast#1 / MediaSnackers Podcast#107

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:06:35 -0700

This is the first RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Larry Johnson is is Chief Executive Officer of the New Media Consortium (NMC), an international consortium of more than 200 world-class universities, colleges, museums, research centers, and technology companies dedicated to using new technologies to inspire, energize, stimulate, and support learning and creative expression. He is an acknowledged expert on the effective application of new media in many contexts, and has worked extensively to build common ground among museums and universities across North America and in more than a dozen other countries.

MediaSnackers Podcast#106

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:42:15 -0700

Kate Dean is head of BT Vision and talks to us here about convergence of technology and interactive/communications elements in their service offerings. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MediaSnackers Podcast#105

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:05:47 -0800

David Sasaki is Director of Rising Voices-an outreach arm of the Global Voices project. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MediaSnackers Podcast#104

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:07:34 -0800

Idit Caperton is the founder of MaMaMedia and creator of the Globaloria Program which empowers and connects aspiring young web developers worldwide. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MediaSnackers Podcast#103

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:33:20 -0800

Matt Locke is the new commissioning editor for Channel 4 Education, talking here about how how the audience has changed which is in turn impacting on their commissioning strategy. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MediaSnackers Podcast#102

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:38:38 -0800

Brad Jefferson is one of the cofounders of Animoto, a deliciously intuitive slideshow creator for your photos which we love here at MediaSnackers (plus, have been using in our training gigs with adults and young people). The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MediaSnackers Podcast#101

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:52:07 -0800

LA Youth is a twenty year old print newspaper by and about teens. Here, we talk with its founder and CEO Donna Myrow about this great youth project, how it happens and its forthcoming 20 year anniversary event. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MediaSnackers Podcast#100

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:30:04 -0800

To relaunch our podcast series the tables got turned and MediaSnackers founder DK got interviewed by our esteemed friend and colleague, Christian Long. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MediaSnackers Podcast#99

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:50:08 -0700

Dr Jo Kleeb is Research Fellow discussing a ‘youth connectedness’ study conducted by the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of families at Victoria University of Wellington and the New Zealand Council of Education Research, and funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MediaSnackers Podcast#98

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:18:25 -0700

Dan Sutch is a Learning Researcher at Bristol-based FutureLab, a registered charity focussing on transforming the way people learn through innovative technology and practice. The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

MediaSnackers Podcast#97

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:16:20 -0700

Cathy Davidson is the co-founder of HASTAC and discussed the new $2 million Digital Media and Learning Competition (David Theo Goldberg was due to join us but due to technical issues could not). The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.