November 2011

QR Codes and Engagement

November 12, 2011

Recently I met Alecia Dantico, Vice President, Edelman Digital. She was visiting my Digital Media class, led by Dr. Kamerer. We spent a little time on QR codes, and I started to get really interested in the ways they could be used as a mutually beneficial tool for grocery stores and shoppers. Imagine a mobile [...]

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Jane McGonigal, Digital Ethics and Gamification

November 4, 2011

A week ago today it was my pleasure to attend the Digital Ethics Symposium hosted by the The Center for Digital Ethics and Policy and Loyola University Chicago’s School of Communication. I had been looking forward to the day ever since Dr. Adrienne Massanari told me about the planning process in the beginning of the semester. [...]

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Working for a Kennedy

November 1, 2011

              “It’s not everyday that you get to meet a Kennedy,” my friend Sam Grapevine said on Wednesday, October 26. Through my work as Events Manager at Loyola University’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts I have been lucky enough to be called upon to handle many significant events [...]

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