NMC Campus Observer

NMC CEO Podcast Interview on RezEd

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Apr 22, 2008 11:20pm

The real life avatar of Larry Pixel, known there as “Larry Johnson” was interviewed by the folks from Global Kids, as the first podcast for their new RezEd site, a site devoted being a hub for teaching and learning in virtual worlds.

In the interview, Larry talks about his testimony to Congress including his observations how the House Subcomittee took in the information about virtual worlds. He also talks about the NMC’s Horizon Project and some future plans of NMC in virtual worlds.

Listen to Virtual World Go To Congress.

What is RezEd?

According to Barry Joseph,

Global Kids is proud to launch the open BETA of RezEd, the new online hub providing practitioners using virtual worlds with access to the highest quality resources and research in the field to establish a strong network of those using virtual worlds for learning.

We launch with May focused on the theme of educational virtual worlds, with new themes each month.

No matter the theme, each month we will feature inter-related podcasts (along with full text transcription), brief best practice reports, digital resources in the library, and featured blog posts, updated weekly.

RezEd is proud to launch with a special focus on virtual worlds having had their day in Congress earlier this month. Listen to the podcast interview with Larry Johnson, CEO of the New Media Consortium, as he describes he experience testifying in Congress, read his and the other testimonies submitted that day, watch the full video of the hearings, and respond to this week’s featured blog asking what YOU would have told or asked Congress.

Please come join this unique community at http://www.rezed.org/