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Miles Ludwig

Miles Ludwig

Managing Director, Content Innovation Lab, Sesame Workshop Miles leads a group that focuses on the intersection of emerging technologies and educational outcomes to identify key platforms for Sesame Workshop to deliver its content now and in the future, and advocates for innovation in the creation of that content. The Lab plays an additive supporting role across projects to analyze opportunities and trends, making recommendations for the achievement of greater and more sustained impact by capitalizing on the potential of technology to deliver educational experiences. Previously, Miles led the Digital Media team that was awarded two Emmys (2009/10), a Webby (2010) and a Peabody award (2010). He was previously the Creative Director of Elias Arts’ Sound Intelligence Group, and the co-founder of Kirt Gunn & Associates, Inc. (KGA), an interactive advertising agency. At KGA, he led a team that created cross-platform campaigns for Diageo, LVMH, Ford, and Volvo. Miles was educated at Brown University and New York University....

Sesame Workshop

Sesame Workshop

Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization that revolutionized children’s television programming with the landmark Sesame Street. The Workshop produces local Sesame Street programs, seen in over 150 countries, and other acclaimed shows to help bridge the literacy gap including The Electric Company. Beyond television, the Workshop produces content for multiple media platforms on a wide range of issues including literacy, health and resilience. Initiatives meet specific needs to help young children and families develop critical skills, acquire healthy habits and build emotional strength to prepare them for lifelong learning. Learn more at www.sesameworkshop.org....

Mindy Brooks

Mindy Brooks

Mindy Brooks is the Director of Education and Research at Sesame Workshop. Mindy is responsible for the integration of educational content across digital media platforms and for leading field research on all media platforms that include Sesame Street and The Electric Company. In her role, she is responsible for integrating education as well as developing studies, coding systems, analyzing data, writing reports and summarizing findings to production teams. She received her Masters in Educational Psychology from New York University. Prior to attending NYU, she held the position of Director of Education for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Oklahoma....

Leading Augmented Reality Innovators Confirm Participation in AWE 2013

Thanks to the amazing response for the AWE 2013 call for proposals, we have been able to select – so far – a list of 76 AWEsome innovators in the Augmented World. Here is the list of companies and organizations confirmed to present at AWE 2013: (For the latest list of 94 confirmed speakers go here) 13th Lab AD-Dispatch Anomaly AR23D ARDirt ARLab ARUP Augmate AugmenteDev AugmentedReality.ORG BuildAR CandyLab Catchoom Columbia University CrowdOptic Daqri Darf Design Dekko Digital Delta Design Early Adopter EchoVC eMagin Epson ExploreEngage Fraunhofer Frozen Chili Studio Full Swing Future Crimes Institute Grey Area Foundation for the Arts Heavy Projects HIT Lab NewZealand Honda Research Institute Honigman InfinityAR Interhacktive ISMAR Kimera Systems Layar Live View Studio Meta-View Metaio Microsoft Research MIT Media Lab Mitsubishi Electric NASA Ngrain Nvidia Occipital Ogmento Optinvent Orbotix Parc PatchedReality Perey Consulting Qualcomm Queens University RealityPrime Recon Instruments Samsung Seabery Seac02 SecondSite Sesame Workshop Simiosys Six-15 SmartTech Publishing Stupid Fun Club SuperTouch Group Telibrahma Tomi Ahonen Consulting Total Immersion University of Illinois at Chicago  Vertigore Vuzix Wikitude Zugara  ...

ARE 2012 Keynote Speaker: Miles Ludwig – VP Digital Group at Sesame Workshop On Why Augmented Reality Will Redefine Learning and Fun

  In another sign that augmented reality is going beyond its gimmicky stage and reaching the mainstream, we are glad to announce a major addition to ARE 2012 keynote speakers lineup: Mr. Miles Ludwig, head of Sesame Workshop’s Digital Group. Miles Ludwig oversees creative and production for interactive and digital initiatives and has led the design and development of interactive educational experiences and educational software titles for every significant technology-based platform of the last 15 years, including product lines for Mattel, V-Tech, Hasbro, Electronic Arts, Jakks Pacific, Scholastic, Nintendo, and Sony. Miles leads the team that was recently awarded an Emmy (2009), a Webby (2010) and a Peabody award (2010) for Sesame Street broadband website. He was previously the Creative Director of Elias Arts Sound Intelligence Group, and the co-founder of Kirt Gunn & Associates, Inc. (KGA), an interactive advertising agency. At KGA, he led a team that created cross-platform campaigns for Diageo, LVMH, Ford, and Volvo. Miles was educated at Brown University and New York University. Miles was recently interviewed about his latest augmented reality project in collaboration with Qualcomm. In this project, beloved Sesame Street character toys Bert and Ernie come to life and are fully interactive. “Sesame Workshop and Augmented Reality!?” asks John from EPTV. “We’ll try anything to get kids to learn” answers Miles Ludwig. Mr. Ludwig and his team at Sesame Workshop are always exploring new technologies that will help kids learn in a fun way. They believe augmented reality can deliver on that promise and are currently researching and measuring the impact it can have on improving kids’ learning. Register to ARE 2012 and get inspired by Miles Ludwig along with Frank Cooper (CMO PepsiCO) and more than a hundred speakers that will talk about how to leverage augmented reality to make the world a more engaging place....