Press Archive
- Globaloria Civics Games Competition coming to San Jose
- Globaloria 1st Annual Civics Games Competition Winners Announced
- From Instruction to Construction: Rethinking the Classroom Model with Globaloria
- AMD Foundation teams with World Wide Workshop to double number of students learning game design at Southwest Key’s East Austin College Prep Academy
- U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller to Chair 1st Annual STEM Games Competition for Globaloria Students
- Caperton's Wife Wants West Virginia to be Model of Bridging Divide
- WV Public Broadcasting: Students Learn by Creating Computer Games
- The State Journal: Pilot Education Project Takes Aim at Teaching Students Through Interactive Web tools
- AMD Foundation Announces New AMD Changing the Game Program Partners
- The State Journal: Students Take Part in Pilot Educational Program
- WOWK-TV 13, Decision Makers: Web Xtra with Idit Caperton
- Digital Learning and Design Conference 2009: Interview with Dr. Idit Harel Caperton
- The Charleston Gazette: Caperton Links Education to U.S. Competitiveness
- The Parthenon Online: Interview with Globaloria-WV Educator, Patrick Smith
- La Nacion: Computer Usage Changes How our Brains Work
- State Journal: MyGLife WV
- New Orleans Press Releases: Globaloria-Rethink
- The Exponent: Learning 21st Century Skills
- Globaloria-WV Press Release: WV Center for Professional Development
- Fortune Magazine: Computer Games as Liberal Arts?
- The Parthenon Online: Video Game Piloting
- Media Snackers: Podcast interview with Idit Caperton
- Globaloria-WV Press Release: Verizon Joins Globaloria-WV partners
- Digital Learning and Design Conference: YouTube interview with Idit Caperton
- The InterMountain.com: Learning is a Game for RTC Students
- BBC World Radio, Culture Shock: Interview with Idit Caperton
- My Science Life Press Release: Program Launch
Globaloria Civics Games Competition Coming to San Jose
From the San Jose Education Examiner "There is one education project this city and adjoining cities need to replicate: The Annual Globaloria Civics Game Competition." Read more here.
Globaloria 1st Annual Civics Games Competition Winners Announced
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and the World Wide Workshop Foundation are proud to announce the winners of the 1st Annual Globaloria Civics Games Competition. Click here to see the results.
From Instruction to Construction: Rethinking the Classroom Model with Globaloria
T.H.E. Journal takes a closer look at the details of Globaloria's game development program and the way in which it re-imagines the classroom. Click here to read the article.
AMD Foundation teams with World Wide Workshop to double number of students learning game design at Southwest Key’s East Austin College Prep Academy
AMD has granted a second year of funding to World Wide Workshop and Southwest Key so that East Austin College Prep Academy (EACPA) in Austin, TX can continue its Globaloria program. The article was featured on:
United States Senator Jay Rockefeller to Serve as Honorary Chair of 1st Annual STEM Games Competition for Globaloria Students
Globaloria is teaming up with U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller to host our 1st Annual Globaloria Games Competition on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM games). The article was featured on:
Caperton's Wife Wants West Virginia to be Model of Bridging Divide
We know her as World Wide Workshop's Founder and Director. Many West Virginians know Idit Harel Caperton as former governor Gaston Caperton's wife. In this article, she talks about the expansion of the Globaloria West Virginia program and her hopes for the state to bridge the "digital divide". Click here to read the article.
WV Public Broadcasting: Students Learn by Creating Computer Games
Listen to Foundation president, Idit Harel Caperton and Globaloria Shepherd University educator, Monica Larson, discuss Globaloria and how it is preparing WV students for success in the 21st century. Click here for the complete radio report and article.
The State Journal: Pilot Education Project Takes Aim at Teaching Students Through Interactive Web tools
Read this cover story from the West Virginia State Journal about how Globaloria is preparing WV students from middle school to community college for success in the 21st century. Click here for the complete article.
AMD Foundation Announces New AMD Changing the Game Program Partners
The World Wide Workshop was selected as one of three new grants issued by the AMD Foundation as part of their Changing the Game initiative. This grant will be used to integrate Globaloria into the daily curriculum of Southwest Key’s East Austin College Prep Academy in Texas. Read the AMD Press Release and an article in Neoseeker.
The State Journal: Students Take Part in Pilot Educational Program
At the Clay County High School in West Virginia, Globaloria is shaking things up, challenging traditional approaches to education, and making learning fun. Click here to read the article and watch the story video.
WOWK-TV 13, Decision Makers: Web Xtra with Idit Caperton
Watch Decision Makers’ host, Bray Cary, in Charleston, WV, interview Idit Caperton about why Globaloria launched in West Virginia and how it is transforming education and learning across the state. Click here to watch
segment 1 & segment 2.
Digital Learning and Design Conference 2009: Interview with Dr. Idit Harel Caperton
World Wide Workshop Founder, Dr. Idit Harel Caperton, offers her perspective on global learning tools and using social media technology for an educational purpose at DLD09 in Germany. Click here to watch the video.
The Charleston Gazette: Former West Virginia Governor Caperton Links Education to U.S. Competitiveness
"America needs to do a better job of educating its youth if it wants to stay competitive in a global workforce," Gaston Caperton told the audience at the Education Alliance's annual gala in Charleston WV, pointing to the innovative intervention of Globaloria in WV schools in the past two years. Caperton, President of the College Board, is a founding advisor and funding partner of Globaloria in West Virginia. Click here to read more.
The Parthenon Online: Interview with Globaloria-WV Educator, Patrick Smith
Patrick Smith, Globaloria West Virginia Educator at Marshall Community and Technical College, speaks about the educational transformation and innovation going on in his classroom at MCTC. Click here to read Patrick's interview.
La Nacion: Computer Usage Changes How our Brains Work
A journalist from the national Costa Rican newspaper interviewed Idit. It summarizes her theory about the relationship between the new Web 2.0 technology and the developing brain, and highlights the importance of facilitating the development of contemporary learning competencies among children worldwide. Click here to read the article in Spanish, click here to read the English translation.
State Journal: MyGLife WV
Imagine you're a talent scout for Sony, Nintendo or a "simulation" software company, and you recruit hot animation, programming and digital gaming talent for your company's next generation of products. Where do you look for fresh, creative digital gaming genius? Click here to read more.
New Orleans Press Releases: Globaloria-Rethink
Click on the links to read the ReThink (PDF) and World Wide Workshop (PDF) press releases about young people in New Orleans using Globaloria, and 21st Century skills, to say "Yes!" to improved nutrition and lifestyles in school cafeterias.
The Exponent Telegram: Learning 21st Century Skills
Students in various parts of the state are now learning more than just English, math, history and science in school - they are learning how to make video games. Click here to read the full article.
Globaloria-WV Press Release: WV Center for Professional Development
West Virginia Center for Professional Development Partners with the World Wide Workshop to Help Educators and Students Gain 21st Century Learning, Life and Technology Skills, click here to read more.
Fortune Magazine: Computer Games as Liberal Arts?
Fortune Magazine article about the Games for Change Conference, and games for learning. A quote from Idit Harel Caperton and link to World Wide Workshop.
The Parthenon Online: Video Game Piloting
Marshall University's student newspaper reports about the collaboration between Marshall Community and Technical College and the World Wide Workshop Foundation on the Globaloria program. Click to read the article: "Video Game Piloting"
Media Snackers: Podcast interview with Idit Caperton
Idit Caperton discusses the Globaloria program, game design and transparent learning in global communities with MediaSnackers.
"MediaSnackers is a site/weblog/project/call to action for anyone interested in young peoples' consumption and creation of media across the globe. The MediaSnackers podcast focuses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion."
Globaloria-WV Press Release: Verizon Joins Globaloria-WV partners
Click to read the national press release [PDF]: Globaloria education program preparing WV students for digital world
Digital Learning and Design Conference: YouTube interview with Idit Caperton
Watch WWWFoundation President, Dr. Idit Caperton discussing Globaloria at the DLD Conference in Munich.
The InterMountain.com: Learning is a Game for RTC Students
Randolph Technical Center's final MyGLife projects make the news! Click to read the article: "Learning is a Game for RTC Students"
BBC World Radio, Culture Shock: Interview with Idit Caperton
Listen to our President, Dr. Idit Caperton, introducing MyGLife to BBC World correspondent Philip Dodd.
"Forget computer games for kids. What they really want - and what might also give them a chance to get a decent job - are computer games that they design themselves. Idit Caperton's new internet project MyGLife teaches kids from deprived backgrounds how to build web 2.0 games and the value of collaborating online with people from other countries...."
On the BBC radio program CULTURE SHOCK Philip Dodd and Martin Raymond of the Future Laboratory discuss new ideas, inventions and trends.
My Science Life Press Release: Program Launch
Science and technology professionals from 20 countries came together today - virtually - to launch the first-ever social network for science and technology learning: www.MyScienceLife.org.
Click here [PDF] to read more.