Karen Brennan
I am a PhD student in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.
Starting in November, I will be an Assistant Professor at Harvard University in the Graduate School of Education.
Upcoming
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May 19, 2012
Scratch Day MIT
Cambridge, MA -
June 13-15, 2012
DR K-12 PI Meeting
Arlington, VA -
July 25-28, 2012
Scratch@MIT 2012 Conference
Cambridge, MA -
August 19-22, 2012
Destination Innovation Keynote
Banff, Alberta, Canada -
August 21-25, 2012
Constructionism 2012
Athens, Greece
Recent Publications
- Brennan, K. (2011). Mind the gap: Differences between the aspirational and the actual in an online community of learners. CSCL'11 conference proceedings.
- Brennan, K., Valverde, A., Prempeh, J., Roque, R., & Chung, M. (2011). More than code: The significance of social interactions in young people's development as interactive media creators. ED-MEDIA conference proceedings.
Received outstanding paper award. - Brennan, K., & Clarke, T. (2011). The Jared phenomenon: Intergenerational learning in a teacher education context. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 39(2), 125-137.
Recent Presentations
- Brennan, K. (2011, October). Designing for designers: Exploring how online community supports young people's participation as creators of interactive digital media. Invited lecture, T526, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
- Brennan, K. (2011, September). Creative expression with Scratch. Invited workshop, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
- Brennan, K. (2011, July). Making projects, making friends: Online community as catalyst for interactive media creation. Invited webinar, PEAR series webinar "Youth as contributors: The role of new media & technology".