WINNIPEG, MB – People interested in watching tonight’s “Do Video Games Help Kids Learn?” Public Forum online may now do so by visiting http://uwinnipeg.tv/live/ at 7:30 pm CST.
Presented by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation & The University of Winnipeg, the event features MacArthur’s experts in digital media and education sharing their research and views.
The MacArthur Foundation is investing five years and $50-million to build the field of digital media and understand how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize and participate in civic life. This groundbreaking research effort can be an essential and constructive educational tool to help develop educational environments and social institutions that meet the needs of young people, especially the marginalized and the disenfranchised. This public forum is the first time the MacArthur Foundation is offering this educational session and discussion in Canada, which explores core issues facing young people in today’s digital world. Link: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/dmal/-/5
Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University, and Julia Stasch, Vice-President of US Programs for the MacArthur Foundation, will introduce the evening. Keynote speakers include Dr. Sasha Barab from Indiana University, Dr. Nichole Pinkard, Director of Technology at the University of Chicago’s Center for Urban School Improvement and Dr. Constance M. Yowell, Director of Education for the MacArthur Foundation.
Those wishing to attend in person may do so by going to UWinnipeg’s Convocation Hall, second floor, Wesley Hall, 515 Portage Ave. A reception follows the event.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Shawn Coates, Director of Marketing & Communications, University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988.7126, C: 204.230.0202, E: s.coates@uwinnipeg.ca
