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Can ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and other tabletop games help youth build social skills?

GeekWire

(Game to Grow Image) A new whitepaper from two Seattle organizations exhibits research into how tabletop roleplaying games, such as Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons , can be used to help children and teenagers develop their social skills.

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Summary and notes from AIMIA event: Social media and user generated content

Trends in the Living Networks

This morning I moderated an AIMIA event on social media and user generated. • Social networking vs. User generated content. • Social networking vs. Social Media. • The future of Social Networking. Social media and user generated content. Michela Ledwidge , Managing Director, MOD Films.

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Jeffrey Cole at Ninemsn Digital Marketing Summit on the future of digital media

Trends in the Living Networks

Schedules have almost disappeared : newspapers used to come out once a day, albums of a dozen songs or so would be packaged and released every 18-24 months, and TV programming was selected from a TV guide. The film business has been shrinking for a long time. Advertising will be embedded in film, music, books.

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Tom Skerritt’s new Seattle digital media startup launches PNW lifestyle streaming channel

GeekWire

” Some of the initial content includes Leslie and Dale Chihuly’s documentary, “Chihuly Outside,” and selections from the Seattle International Film Festival. “STIRR also provides local, live news programming, which pairs well with our regionally curated catalog.” Leslie Grandy. Triple Squirrels Photo).

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Fortnite to host We The People program focused on conversations about race in America

The Verge

The program, hosted by Van Jones of CNN, will include journalists Elaine Welteroth and Jemele Hill , and musicians Killer Mike and Lil Baby. Epic Games debuted Party Royale in April, a separate non-violent social space from the main Battle Royale island. Enter the Party Royale playlist and go to the Island’s Big Screen.

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Netflix series explores Bill Gates’ views on pressing issues of the future, from AI to climate change

GeekWire

. “The world is facing a lot of big challenges right now,” Gates says in the trailer above, before those challenges are rattled off: climate change; the promise and risks of artificial intelligence; income inequality; dealing with infectious diseases; misinformation in the age of social media. “Yo fam, what’s good?

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7-year-old boy saves Seattle from robot invasion — with help from VR engineers and Make-A-Wish

GeekWire

Tri Films Productions Photo). One of his healthcare providers suggested that his family apply to the program, and Price described his excitement about fighting villains and a fascination with robots. The Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) , an educational program focused on animation and gaming, stepped up.