transmedia

Creating to Learn, One Story After Another

by Prune Lieutier
April 12, 2016

For several years now, children’s literature has been venturing step by step into the digital field, with all the creative force and originality that the domain has shown itself capable

Study Shows Tech in the Classroom Boosts Math Skills for Youngest Learners

by Shelley Pasnik
November 14, 2013

This post was originally published on the Fred Rogers Center Blog and appears here with permission.This week my colleagues at Education Development Center and SRI International and I are releasing

The Pedagogical Promise of Transmedia Play

by Rebecca Herr-Stephenson, Ph.D, by Meryl Alper
March 18, 2013

Today we are thrilled to release a new report, T is for Transmedia: Learning through Transmedia Play. This report, which we have co-authored along with Erin Reilly, and which begins

Cardboard and Cultural Brokering at Caine’s Arcade

by Meryl Alper
October 9, 2012

This past Saturday, October 6, kids in over 30 countries in 6 continents participated in the Global Cardboard Challenge, the next chapter from the folks that brought you the short

A Whole New PLAYground

by Rebecca Herr-Stephenson
May 31, 2012

I’ve been spending a lot of time on a playground lately. However, this playground doesn’t have swings or tetherball or a basketball court; this one—the PLAYground—is a transmedia learning tool

Film? I’ve heard of that!

by Carly Shuler
May 1, 2012

Film. It’s not something I spend a lot of time thinking about. Television is, of course, part of our daily lexicon here at the Cooney Center given our Sesame Workshop

Transmedia Storytelling and Education at DIY Days @ UCLA

by Meryl Alper
November 2, 2011

Two weeks ago, this blog featured a preview of Robot Heart Stories (R<3S), a 10-day transmedia learning project in which two classrooms in underserved neighborhoods in Montreal (French speaking) and

Producing and Researching Transmedia with The Electric Company’s Prankster Planet

by Mindy Brooks
May 2, 2011

Today, The Electric Company will re-launch its third season with an all new transmedia story, “The Adventures of The Electric Company on Prankster Planet.” Airing in a new segment at

De-Buzzifying a Buzz Word

by Carly Shuler
April 27, 2011

Last week I had the opportunity participate in a panel discussion at Sprockets, Toronto’s International Film Festival for Children and Youth (which, by the way, is a FANTASTIC event held

Can Digital Hollywood Support Education & Innovation?

by Meryl Alper
November 2, 2010

This post originally appeared in New Media Literacies on October, 25, 2010. I recently attended Digital Hollywood, a digital media trade conference in Los Angeles for executives in the film,

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