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CIR's Hairnet Hero Turns School-Lunches Journalism Into Game For Kids - Eric Johnson - ... - 1 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 07 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Center for Investigative Reporting
  • It’s an interesting twist on “advergaming” — think Chipotle’s buzzy Scarecrow game — in which games are served up with a targeted message, explicitly or implicitly. Unlike edutainment (another unwieldy portmanteau), the goal isn’t to teach a skill, but rather to sell a brand’s value. In CIR’s case, that’s trustworthy donation-funded journalism.
  • sometimes investigative pieces like the ones found at CIR also pertain to children. To get those same facts across in a kid-friendly format, the nonprofit is this week rolling out a game, Hairnet Hero, with the help of a Berkeley, Calif.-based animation studio, Coco Studios.
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  • Noting that CIR is “aware of the digital divide,” Farnsworth said that a physical card-game adaptation will also be distributed in some California schools.
Ed Webb

How to make a Twitter bot - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 01 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Ed Webb on 01 Oct 13
     
    Learn to code!
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Rats in a cage: how games will teach us to love the police state | The Verge - 3 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 04 Jul 13 - Cached
  • Ed Webb on 20 Jul 13
     
    If I get tenure, I might just write that article.
Ed Webb

Denmark's TV2 Uses Assassin's Creed Game Image For Syria Report - 1 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...v2-syria-report_n_2853875.html

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shared by Ed Webb on 12 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Ed Webb on 12 Mar 13
     
    Check your sources and always give attribution!
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