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    • Nintendo Reports First Annual Losses in Decades

      May 8, 2012 - Nintendo, the Japanese video game company, reported in April that it lost more than $400 million, its first annual loss in revenue since 1981. Nintendo has been around since 1889 and began as a playing card company in Kyoto, Japan, so it is capable of adapting to stay profitable. However, some critics say that Nintendo is no longer changing fast enough.

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    • Blind Chinese Activist Is Center Of China-U.S. Diplomatic Crisis

      May 3, 2012 - The dramatic escape of a blind Chinese activist from a well-guarded house in the countryside is now at the center of a delicate diplomatic situation between China and the U.S. as they try to figure out their respective roles in the global economy of the future.

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    • President Obama Outlines Plan for Afghanistan

      May 2, 2012 - President Barack Obama spoke to the nation Tuesday night from Afghanistan, one year after terrorist Osama Bin Laden was killed by a team of Navy SEALs. The president spoke about the process of transitioning U.S. forces out of Afghanistan in the coming months, stating that he hopes to build an "equal partnership" with the Afghan people.

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    • Digital Media Webinar Series: Integrating Youth Media Making into Public Media

      September 6, 2011

      Beginning on Thursday Sept 15 (12-1 ET), the VoiceScape project will host a series of 5 webinars. The title of the series, “A Match Made in Heaven: Youth Media Making and Public Media,” introduces stations, educators, and community partners (it is open to all) to the how and why of integrating youth media making into public media. Hear from Project VoiceScape station grantees about their experience, explore hardware and software options, discover great resources (including Adobe curriculum,...
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    • Portfolios the Digital Way

      July 27, 2011

        I recently attended an e-portfolio workshop with a group of Boston Public School teachers at the Adobe office in Waltham, Ma. E-portfolios weren’t new to me, but I had never spent a great deal of time or energy exploring their potential. But I should have. An e-portfolio can be many things to many people, but at its most basic it is an assemblage of digital pieces chosen by the author to tell a particular story. Wikipedia notes 3 main types of e-portfolios: developmental (e.g.,...
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