Month: August 2007

The 99th MediaSnackers podcast focusses on a the technology aspect to a new youth connectedness study.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

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.

0.00—0.47 intros
0.48—3.35 technology side of the study and some key findings
3.36—5.59 net friends focus
6.00—10.03 indicators
10.04—11.58 future hopes
11.59—12.10 outro

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The 98th MediaSnackers podcast discusses mobile learning and technology.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Dan Sutch is a Learning Researcher at the FutureLab, a registered charity focussing on transforming the way people learn through innovative technology and practice.

0.00—1.05 intros
1.06—2.21 changes of the learning environment
2.22—4.25 mobile learning
4.26—5.48 Fizzees
5.49—8.13 theories of working/development
8.14—9.31 stage of development for Fizzees
9.32—11.07 future focus (Flux—FutureLab’s weblog)
11.08—11.33 outro

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The 97th MediaSnackers podcast explores the new Digital Media and Learning Competition.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

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).

0.00—0.33 intros
0.34—2.34 Digital Media and Learning Competition
2.35—4.30 the different awards available
4.31—6.42 a flavour of the proposed project
6.43—7.28 the award rules
7.29—9.00 the scope of the issues
9.01—10.16 the future and expectations
10.17—10.42 outro

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…and it's not turning back.

(WORLD) More evidence that the world is changing for MediaSnackers everywhere from these recent articles:

• China has now created the first camp for internet addicts to combat the growing issue of 14-22 year olds who they say are suffering from depression, fear, unwillingness to interact with others, panic and agitation;
• as part of their new two year strategy, MTV are investing £250million in video game development;
• the Advent K is a new child-friendly range laptop from PC World;
• Nintendo Wiis are being used by several youth clubs in the UK as a behavioural teaching tool;
• check out this specific green screen video camera for kids, on the market for $100.

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The 96th MediaSnackers podcast chats with media literacy educator for native young people.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Antonio Lopez is a media literacy educator and founder of World Bridger Media and blogs at Mediacology.

0.00—0.14 intros
0.15—1.49 Antonio’s background
1.50—3.29 current focus
3.30—5.53 different needs of different native groups
5.54—8.15 deconstruction and reconstruction
8.16—10.17 changing attitudes
10.18—10.20 the future
12.00—12.20 outro

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The 95th MediaSnackers podcast explores new media centres for homeless young people.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Sophie Livingstone is Head of Policy and Communications for homeless charity, Foyer, and talks to MediaSnackers about the ten new media centres they are developing for homeless young people.

0.00—1.10 intros
1.11—2.53 the new media centres
2.54—3.33 what’s in the centres
3.34—4.53 what they will add to the current service offering
4.54—6.58 other partners/sustainability issues
6.59—8.44 community involvement
8.45—10.20 the figures/platform
10.21—10.38 outro

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It’s scary but true.

(WORLD) Here at MediaSnackers we get a lot of emails and calls asking how to engage young people through new media and technology. Our first question is 'why?' and more often than not it's to do with a consultation event/strategy the brand/organisation/group is currently developing.

At the last couple of speaking gigs we’ve delivered, a little mantra has slipped into our presentation which we always share with said inquirer:

Consultation is dead!
Conversation is king!

Whether you're talking about designing a skatepark, developing a civic engagement programme, building a school, promoting a new mobile phone, launching a 10 year participation strategy, raising the profile of an entrepreneur initiative—no matter what it is, new media and technology augments the conversation you should be having with young people (another words, two-way and on-going).

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The 94th MediaSnackers podcast looks at an amazing flickr photoset with it’s creator.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Lynette Webb is the creator of the Interesting Snippets flickr photoset plus the site of the same name.

0.00—0.24 intros
0.25—1.22 the Interesting Snippets flickr photoset
1.23—2.23 the focus of the project
2.24—5.03 favourite ones (referenced ‘Mom slide‘)
5.04—7.09 what people have used the photoset for/its impact
7.10—8.20 the model being transferable/usable
8.21—11.29 biggest trends/changes in digital media
11.30—12.27 the future
12.28—12.49 outro

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The 93rd MediaSnackers podcast discusses the Building Schools for the Future programme.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Steve Moss is the Strategic Director for ICT in the Building Schools for the Future fifteen year programme in the UK, discussing this bold scheme.

0.00—0.29 intros
0.30—1.36 redesigning an renewing ever school
1.37—3.13 Steve’s role
3.14—4.26 the barriers
4.27—5.23 why the changes
5.24—5.00 ICT needs of todays students
6.50—5.40 changing attitudes
9.17—10.56 the role of young people
10.57—11.13 Outro

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