[Mitworld] New: Learning through Remixing, Barnett's Latest Worries

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 7 | Number 3 | September 18, 2007
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[LEARNING THROUGH REMIXING]

MODERATOR:
Henry Jenkins
Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and Director of Comparative
Media Studies Program

PANELISTS:
Erik Blankinship
Co-founder, Media Modifications

Juan Devis
New Media Producer, KCET/PBS Los Angeles

Renee Hobbs
Associate Professor of Communication and Education, Temple University
Director, Media Education Lab

Ricardo Pitts-Wiley
Artistic Director, Mixed Magic Theatre

Alice J. Robison
Postdoctoral fellow, Comparative Media Studies Program, MIT


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/474/>

[QUOTE]
"The whole idea of helping kids play with remix to learn media literacy
lessons is the delight of discovering those shifts in meaning that
result from juxtaposition and recontextualization."
--Renee Hobbs


EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum <http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/>

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[TWO MORE THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT]

SPEAKER:
Arnold I. Barnett
George Eastman Professor of Management Science, MIT Sloan School of
Management


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/476/>

[QUOTE]
"Landing is slightly more dangerous than taking off, so if you're a
coward like me, you'll realize that no matter how well the flight is
going, much of the risk is still ahead of you."
--Arnold Barnett


EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management <http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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University of Texas at Austin

Nanofabrication Technology: A View of the Future
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