[Mitworld] Laura Seargeant Richardson on Toys and Technology, CMS Panel on International Media

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 10, Number 9 |  October 20, 2010

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The Medium Doesn’t Matter
May 19, 2010

In an era of packaged toys and online games, have our children lost the knack of creative play? 
While American kids may never again prefer sticks and other found objects to the manufactured 
experience, Laura Seargeant Richardson believes children can still evolve from game consumers 
to game designers.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/815

Speaker:
Laura Seargeant Richardson
Principal Designer, frog design


Event Host:
The Education Arcade

"I fully believe play is the greatest resource in our creative economy."
-Laura Seargeant Richardson

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International Media Flows: Global Media and Culture
April 23, 2010

Ian Condry introduces five graduates of the Comparative Media Studies Program, who share their views 
and experiences about the international/global dimension of the program.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/820

Moderator:
Ian Condry
Associate Professor, Comparative Media Studies, MIT

Event Host:
MIT Comparative Media Studies

"Get away from the notion of “first here, then elsewhere” temporal logic. We’re at a point in time 
where media futures are unfolding simultaneously in many, many different locations in the world.
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-Aswin Punathambekar

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In The Pipeline:

Perspectives on the Unfolding Spill: Evidence of the Environmental Impacts of the Event

Presented By:
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences 
The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: What  Happened? Where Do We Go from Here?

Moderator:
Maria Zuber
E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics & Department Head
MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

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