<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>"You are the source of Freedom : the price of Freedom is awareness and action"</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><div><b>From:</b> School of Information <<a href="mailto:events@ischool.berkeley.edu">events@ischool.berkeley.edu</a>><br><b>Date:</b> February 6, 2014 at 11:24:33 AM PST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:i-announce@ischool.berkeley.edu">i-announce@ischool.berkeley.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[i-announce@ischool] You're invited to next week's Brown Bag Seminar: A Reality Game to Cross Disciplines</b><br><br></div><div><span></span></div><div>
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Don't miss the upcoming event at the UC Berkeley School of
Information:<br>
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<a href="http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/20140212benstokes"><big><b>Brown
Bag Seminar: A Reality Game to Cross Disciplines</b></big></a><br>
With <b>Benjamin Stokes</b><br>
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm<br>
107 South Hall<br>
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<p>Educational and civic games are typically preparatory, teaching
skills and information to be applied later. Yet the rise of
reality gaming introduces a new possibility: that the game
directly shapes real-world networks, even as it educates. Networks
are a novel target for educational games, despite the vital
importance of networks for educational attainment, securing jobs
and even civic engagement.</p>
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<p><a href="http://BenjaminStokes.net"><strong>Benjamin Stokes</strong></a>
investigates how digital media foster civic engagement, informal
learning, and activism. He is currently studying how mobile media
and videogames can advance social justice by bridging online and
offline participation. Previously he co-founded Games for Change,
the branch of the serious games movement focused on social issues
and nonprofit organizations. Most recently, he was an education
program officer at the MacArthur Foundation in their portfolio on
Digital Media and Learning. Benjamin has also led the development
of original digital media properties: at the educational nonprofit
NetAid, his team created digital games and an activist training
website that engaged more than 150,000 youth in fighting extreme
poverty. Benjamin is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of
Southern California in the Annenberg School for Communication and
Journalism.</p>
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More information: <a href="http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/20140212benstokes">http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/20140212benstokes</a><br>
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<b>More upcoming events at the I School:</b><br>
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<span class="date-display-single">February 12, 2014</span> - "<a href="http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/deanslectures/20140212davidreiley">Online
Ads and Offline Sales: Measuring the Effects of Online
Advertising via a Controlled Experiment on Yahoo!</a>", Dean's
Lecture with David Reiley<br>
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