Katie Salen @ Breakthrough Learning Forum

Exclusive interview by Scott Traylor of 360KID, brought to you by the Cooney Center.

Katie Salen is Professor of Design and Technology, and Director of the Center for Transformative Media at Parsons the New School for Design. She also runs a non-profit called the Institute of Play that is focused on games and learning, and is co-editor of the International Journal of Learning and Media. Katie is co-author of Rules of Play, a textbook on game design, The Game Design Reader, and editor of The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning, all from MIT Press. Katie recently launched "Quest to Learn", a new 6-12th grade public school that opens in New York City in fall 2009. The school uses a game-based learning model and will support students within an inquiry-based curriculum with questing to learn at its core.

For full interview: http://www.360KID.com/blog/

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[kcjohnsonvids]

Cooney Center - you just insulted the intelligence of Katie Salen by conducting a shitty interview. Did you have an intern interview her? Have you ever heard of a lav mic? Or a decent interview angle? get it together.