Content tagged "language"
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Event: Thursday, February 27, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Marina Bers, “Coding in Early Childhood: Storytelling or Puzzle Solving?”
Prof. Marina Bers will describe current research on a pedagogical approach for early childhood computer science education called “Coding as Another Language”.
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Event: Thursday, November 29, 2018 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
The Language of Civic Life: Past to Present
The University of Texas’ Roderick Hart argues that disagreements – endless, raucous disagreements – draw citizens in, or at least enough of them to sustain civic hope.
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Posted by Andrew Whitacre
Podcast, “Electronic Literature and Future Books” with Katherine Hayles and Rita Raley
Katherine Hayles and Rita Raley on how mainstream and avant-garde poets and writers have been exploring the literary potential of the computer for decades.
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Posted by Andrew Whitacre and Amaranth Borsuk
Podcast: Amaranth Borsuk, “Between Page and Screen: Digital, Visual, and Material Poetics”
Poet and scholar Amaranth Borsuk discusses authorship, materiality, and her poetic practice as a multi-media writer and artist.
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Posted by Nidhi Subbaraman S.M., Science Writing, 2010
Topics: culture, language, musicWhy We Sing: An Ode to Our Musical Origins
A report from the front lines of research into the origins of human music, presenting four popular scenarios for the source of music.
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Posted by Ravi Purushotma S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2006
Topics: culture, education, games, language, remixingCommunicative 2.0: Video Games and Digital Culture in the Foreign Language Classroom
Two core concepts in youth entertainment that will increasingly become central in future attempts to design affordable foreign language learning materials.
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Posted by Nadya Direkova S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2003
Topics: bilingual, Brian Sutton-Smith, design, Ellen Seiter, English, family, French, language, material culture, parenting, toy designBilingual By Design: A Design Study of Toy Design and Material Play Culture for Children Bilingual in French and English
The design of bilingual talking toys and their potential uses in the bilingual family.