Idc-workshop

Workshop on Marginalized Young People: Inclusion Through ICT

June 11, 2008 - afternoon
Location: McCormick Tribune Center, Room 3-107

The workshop will create a friendly, constructive atmosphere in which the presentation of results and new concepts will be intertwined as much as possible with interactive discussions involving the whole audience.

PLEASE NOTE THE START TIME – 13.00 – TO ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO TAKE THE SHUTTLE TO THE OPENINING RECEPTION

13.00-13.10 Arrival

13.10-13.20 Welcome and Introduction (F. Garzotto and H. Schelhowe)

13.20-13.40 Participants introduce themselves

13.40-14.25 Paper Session - Track 1: Key Questions on Inclusion through ICT

Marco Brambilla, Massimo Tisi, Piero Fraternali, Matteo Silva, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. ICT Education as a Key Emancipation Factor for Young People in Marginal Quarters of Developing Countries

Françoise Decortis, Laura Lentini, University of Liège , Belgium . Semiotics artifacts, space and community: a case study on pinholes

Nicoletta Diblas – Politecnico di Milano, Caterina Poggi – Politecnico di Milano and University of Madison-Wisconsin, USA. Can ICT Support Inclusion? Evidences from Multi-Users 3D Worlds Based Educational Experiences

14.25-15.10 Paper Session - Track 2: Creating Environments for Inclusion

Constance Steinkühler, Elizabeth King, Dani Fasher-Herro, David Simkins, Elsra Alagoz University Madison-Wisconsin, USA. Digital Literacies for the Disengaged: Creating After School Contexts to Support Boys' Game-Based Literacy Skills

Emanuela Mazzone, Janet Read, Pamela Qualter, Louisa Zioui, Caroline Gater, University of Central Lancashire, UK. A Computer Game on Emotions for Teenagers Excluded from School

Christine Blaney, Liam McComish, University of Ulster , Northern Ireland . Wordscape

15.10 -15.30 Discussion Session: Interactive Investigation of the Key Issues in ICT and Marginalized Young
People

15.30 -16.00 Coffee Break

16.00 -16.30 Discussion Session (continuation)

16.30-16.45 Conclusion and future plans of collaboration and dissemination of results

16:45 - ……. Hurry up to opening reception