Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Video – What kids learn when they create with digital media

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Here’s a 59-minute webcast of a forum on what kids learn when they create with digital media. The forum was sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, the National Writing Project, and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

A stylized digital shield in the center, surrounded by red pixelated designs, with quantum code fragments displayed on the shield. The background has black, swirling patterns, reminiscent of encryption tools at work.

The Present

A lab in the US unveils new tools to withstand encryption-breaking quantum

Quantum computing brings significant opportunities — but equally significant cybersecurity risks.

A collage of four glitchy video stills featuring the same man with various dramatic expressions, overlaid with green and purple digital distortion effects. A play button icon rests in the center, hinting at the lessons of hindsight within.

Business

How a visionary dot-com leader was scorched by hindsight’s afterburn

The rise and fall of Josh Harris — the genius who anticipated the digital revolution just a little too soon.

a man sitting in a wheel chair next to a laptop.

High Culture

Stephen Hawking’s famous voice belonged to this pioneering MIT scientist

Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.

A character in a starfleet uniform with a distinctive ridged forehead, who speaks invented languages, stands against a backdrop of stars.

High Culture

To learn Klingon or Esperanto: What invented languages can teach us

NuqneH! Saluton! A linguistic anthropologist (and creator of the Kryptonian language, among others) studies the people who invent new tongues.

A model of the Colossus depicting the grandeur of ancient Rome.

The Past

This virtual 3D model lets you wander the streets of ancient Rome

Archaeologist Bernard Frischer spent decades uploading the ruins of the Eternal City to the cloud. Here’s what it looks like.

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