Introduction

Dr. Idit Harel Caperton is an Israeli-American entrepreneur known for using new-media technology for creative learning, innovation, and globalization through constructionist learning theory. Her MIT spinoff startup, MaMaMedia, was the first born-on-the-net brand for digital kids and won numerous partnerships, awards, and recognitions. She is the founder of the World Wide Workshop, global non-profit, developing platforms that combine game mechanics and social networking for learning. The Workshop launched Globaloria to invent ways of using social networking and Web 2.0 tools to teach computing and game-making in schools worldwide. In addition, she is a mentor of young entrepreneurs, and serves on several prestigious higher-education, media, and non-profit boards.