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Research Interests and Focus Melanie is a MA candidate York University's joint program in Communication and Culture and a researcher with Ryerson University's Experiential Design and Gaming Environments lab. Her research and writing inquiries include: informal and affinity-based learning and play in virtual worlds and gaming environments, pedagogical and design practices that promote autonomy and inclusivity in digital social spaces, critical pedagogy for digital learning and play and the hidden and null curriculum of institutional education. Author (Scholarly Text): McBride, Melanie. (Forthcoming September 2012) Working title: “Digital Pedagogy Handbook: Critical Strategies for Emergent Learning.” London/New York, Continuum Publishing Group Ltd. Scholarly Articles: Nolan, J., Raynes-Goldie, K., McBride, M. "Stranger Danger: Exploring Surveillance. (2011). Accepted: (Forthcoming), Canadian Children journal. Nolan, J., McBride, M. "Listening to Play: Exploring the hidden and null curricula of game-based learning". (2011) Status: In progress Nolan, J., McBride, M. "The Muted Presence: locating adult engagement in children’s digitally-mediated play". (2011) Status: Under review Nolan, J. McBride, M. "Challenging Gamification: situating co-construction of social knowledge and peer learning in informal Game-based Learning". (2011). Status: In progress Popular Articles LinkedOut: Blogging, equality and the future - Mindjack Magazine, 2004 BrokenSaints Brooke Burgess interview" – Mindjack Magazine, 2005 "Linked Out: Blogging, Equality and the Future" – Mindjack Magazine, 2004. "Reading McLuhan" – Mindjack Magazine, 2002 "The Transmetropolitan Condition: Warren Ellis interview" – Mindjack Magazine, 2002. Orbiting Hugh Marsh" – The Jazz Report, 2006.   Selected Blog and Online Posts: McBride, Melanie (December 2010)."Gamification, gaming, edugames: Keeping it real." Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride, Melanie (September 2010)."[machinima] Epic Journey: Flying to learn." Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride, Melanie (September 2010)."Boss drops v. grades (or why I spent two weeks acquiring an imaginary weapon)." Melanie McBride Online. [html McBride, Melanie (September 2010)."Back to school: Whose priorities? Whose vision" Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride, Melanie (February 2010)."Situated Learning in WoW: Exploring Random dungeons (PUGs)." Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride, Melanie (August 2010)."Classroom Management 2.0: An holistic vision." Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride, Melanie (May 2010)."Classroom2.0: Critical pedagogy v. edu-branding." Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride. Melanie. (2009). “Bad dataplans killing iPhone adoption in Japan. Canada.” Howard Rheingold’s Smartmobs. [html] McBride. Melanie. (2009). “Horizon Report: Mobile tech is key for education.” Howard Rheingold’s Smartmobs. [html] McBride. Melanie. (2009). “Extraordinary mobile volunteering.” Howard Rheingold’s Smartmobs. [html] McBride. Melanie. (2009). “Cell phones in Japan: Go big or Big Mind?” Howard Rheingold’s Smartmobs. [html] Mcbride, Melanie. (July 2009). "The hidden curriculum of 21st century." Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride, Melanie (January 2009)."Attention and dissonance in the age of social media." Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride, Melanie (July 2009)."Privacy is a digital literacy – and a right." Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride. Melanie. (2008). “Gilberto Gil’s musical zeitgeist.” Howard Rheingold’s Smartmobs. [html] McBride. Melanie. (2008). “The global village is mobile.” Howard Rheingold’s Smartmobs. McBride. Melanie. (2008). “[Steal This] Personal Social Media Policy.” Howard Rheingold’s Smartmobs. [html] McBride, Melanie (April 2008)."Classroom2.0: Avoiding the “creepy treehouse.” Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride, Melanie (February 2008)."Howard Rheingold: “Training attention” with wired learners." Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride, Melanie (February 2008)."Classroom2.0: Twitter, del.icio.us and participatory learning." Melanie McBride Online. [html] McBride. Melanie. (2008) “Twitter explained: Boilerplate.” Howard Rheingold’s Smartmobs. [html] McBride. Melanie. (2005). "Broken Saints Brooke Burgess interview.” Mindjack Magazine. [html] McBride. Melanie. (2004). "Linked Out: Blogging. Equality and the Future." Mindjack Magazine. [html] McBride. Melanie. (2002). “The Transmetropolitan Condition: Warren Ellis interview." Mindjack Magazine. [html] McBride. Melanie. (2002). "Reading McLuhan". Mindjack Magazine. [html]