Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
The question of whether to give a child a cellphone is so 2005. Today, the question is how cellphones can help kids from America to Armenia to Africa work together, learn new skills, explore music & arts, and connect to places beyond their hometowns.
Guests
- Ben Bederson Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland-College Park; and Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Zumobi
- Allison Druin WAMU Computer Gal; and the author of "Mobile Technology for Children: Designing for Interaction and Learning"; also the Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland
- Christopher Fabian Youth Innovation Team Leader, Division of Communications, UNICEF
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