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February 16, 2010 - Publication
Berkman Completes Broadband Study for FCC
Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, a MacArthur grantee, submitted its final report on broadband deployment and usage around the world. Read More
February 8, 2010 - Commentary
Inspire a New Generation of Game Experiences for Children
MacArthur Director of Education Connie Yowell advocates a new MacArthur contest to draw out edgy, gripping 21st century gaming experiences that leverage the incredible popularity and learning potential of games. Read More
January 26, 2010 - From the field
UNCF Launches Digital Media and Learning Public Forum Series
MacArthur awarded $100,000 to the United Negro College Fund in support of the "UNCF Digital Media and Learning in Multicultural Contexts Public Forum Series." Read More
January 15, 2010 - From the field
Citizen Media Spread News about Haitian Earthquake
MacArthur grantee Global Voices, a worldwide community of more than 200 bloggers, is maintaining a special page with information about the quake that also links to a map of crisis information built by fellow grantee Ushahidi. Read More
December 16, 2009 - From the field
$2 Million Competition Opens for Ideas to Transform Learning
MacArthur, in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine, Duke University and the virtual network HASTAC, today launched the third annual open-call competition Read More
December 10, 2009 - From the field
Breakthrough in Monitoring Tropical Deforestation
MacArthur grantee the Carnegie Institution for Science has launched a new website featuring its technology that maps and monitors forests with satellite imagery. Read More
November 23, 2009 - Press release
$2 Million Competition Seeks Ideas to Transform Learning
As President Obama called for new efforts to reimagine and improve education in science and math, MacArthur announced a $2 million open competition for ideas to transform learning using digital media. Read More
November 23, 2009 - Press release
President Obama Launches National Lab Day Partnership
President Obama announced the launch of a new initiative, National Lab Day, to reinvigorate science and math education in the nation’s schools and learning centers. Read More
November 18, 2009 - From the field
Tapping Scientific & Technical Expertise in Policymaking
"All of us together are smarter than any one of us alone," social-media pioneer Anil Dash said when asked why the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is launching Expert Labs. Read More
October 27, 2009 - From the field
New Center at UC Irvine to Seed Research and Collaboration on Digital Media & Learning
A newly-created Digital Media and Learning Research Hub located at the University of California-Irvine will provide an international center to nurture exploration of and build evidence around the impact of digital media on young people's ... Read More
October 26, 2009 - From the field
Design Challenge to Expand Possibities for Learning Online
The Mozilla Foundation today launched the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge to create Mozilla Firefox add-ons to unlock new possibilities for learning online. Read More
October 10, 2009 - From the field
Chicago Public Library Offer Teens a Digital Media Space
Mayor Richard M. Daley joined the Chicago Public Library at the opening of YOUmedia, an innovative new 21st Century learning space for high school students. Read More
October 9, 2009 - From the field
Overcoming Organizational and Policy Barriers to Effective Use of Web 2.0 in Schools
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) today announced that it received a renewal grant from the MacArthur Foundation, as part of the Foundation’s digital media and learning initiative, Read More
September 28, 2009 - In the Media
"America's First Gaming School Prepares to Open"
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September 21, 2009 - Press release
Digital Media Are Changing How Young People Learn — Education Experts Urge New Policy Considerations
Digital media are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize and participate in civic life, and these changes have important policy implications, according to a panel of experts participating in a Capitol Hill briefing today ... Read More
