Here are some other things that come up in the readings that you may like to check out:

At Burger King, you can have chicken your way

http://www.subservientchicken.com

John West Salmon "leaked" this ad

Bear Fight

Web Resources

SOME WEB RESOURCES FOR IRUS PROJECT THESIS:

http://www.exquisitecorpse.com

http://www.ekac.org/Telepresence.art._94.html

http://www.ekac.org/Telepresence.art._94.html

Activism & Gaming Readings for Thursday

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Here are more fun readings for Thursday Nov 6th:

A game design methodology to incorporate social activist themes - Mary Flanagan, Helen Nissenbaum

GLS: Embedding Social Activist Principles In Game Design - Gamasutra.com

Video Games Go to Washington: The Story Behind The Howard Dean for Iowa Game - Ian Bogost, Gonzalo Frasca

Smart Mobs: the Power of the Mobile Many - Howard Rheingold

If you have time, check out: Activism: the Public Policy Game
and also this opinion piece on Gamasutra (it talks about McCain's Game, Pork Invaders).

Emotionally Conscious Games Readings

I will hand copies of these out in class, but just for the record.

The Tao of Equus, Linda Kohanov: Predatory Logic pp. 92-97, Horse Training for Therapists pp. 223-241

Video Games, Fiction, and Emotion, Grant Tavinor

Neurofeedback in Psychological Practice, Frank Masterpasqua and Kathryn N Healey

Riding Between the Worlds, Linda Kohanov: Emotional Message Chart pp. 231-237

Although not directly related, some of you may be interested in looking at Epona Equestrian Services, which is Linda Kohanov's barn/business.

Readings for Thursday

Hello all, Happy Tuesday!... the assignment for Thursdays class is -

1."Lessons on the uses of ICT for out of school youth and adults in developing countries"
Bob Day and Rod Grewan

2."Inclusive education and equity an Latin America"
Todd Fletcher and Alfredo J. Artiles

3. Chapter 3 "Pedagogy of the Opressed" ("the essence of education as the practice of freedom")
Paulo Freir

I will have handouts for the 3 readings in class today-

Please also check out these sites about some of the education projects in place
(non-religious based) in Guatemala
USAID/Guatemala
Open Windows Foundation
UNICEF: Bi-Lingual Intercultural education for indigenous children
there are many, many more education projects going on in the country.... the "Rose Foundation" has some pretty nice, short videos on
YouTube, as well....

Here is a video with literacy statistics and photos from Guatemala (if your not a Rufus Wainwright fan, you may want to mute...) Video


This is a long video (an hour) about the use of Audio Technology to Reduce Global Illiteracy
I will talk about it in class, check it out if you have time-

Hope all is going well with all of your projects-

Terrorists on Twitter

Something of interest related to my presentation:
Terrorist 'tweets'? US Army warns of Twitter dangers.


As best said in the slashdot editorial about this story, "just wait until the army finds out about chat rooms and email!"

Readings. I know you're excited.

Here are some readings that might be helpful before Tuesday.

They're decently short and not too difficult to read-

One

Two

Three

It might also help to browse around PsychCafe or just google "online counseling" or "online therapy" and see what interesting sites come up. If you do this, pay attention to the design and who you think they appeal to/what they offer/what they don't offer.

I've been reading mostly books on the topic up until this week and have been looking for new materials that may be of use to share before Tuesday. If I find any, I will post them Saturday. I know that's last minute, though, and will not expect the additional reads. 

Woot. Have a good weekend!