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5/14/13
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What We’ve Learned About Digital Media & Learning
We kick off a series of conversations with thought leaders on how the field of digital media and learning has changed over time, and where it’s headed.11/02/11
By Barbara Ray
Q&A: Hive Learning Network Uses the City as a Game Board for Learning
Spotlight talks with executives from the Mozilla and MacArthur foundations about programs underway to connect cultural institutions with educational digital projects—and with each other.10/13/11
By Barbara Ray
Q&A: Cathy Davidson on the Brain Science of Attention and Transforming Schools and Workplaces in the Digital Age
In “Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn,” Cathy Davidson has offered an antidote to the anxieties about the effects of digital media on kids—and on all of us.7/07/11
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Q&A: Asi Burak and Michelle Byrd On Changing the World (and Education) Via Social Impact Gaming
Spotlight talks with Games for Change co-presidents about the state of social impact games and the eighth annual Games for Change festival.4/04/11
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Educating for Democracy in a Digital Age
How digital media tools like iCivics can help reinvigorate today’s civics education.2/14/11
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Defining Digital Media: What Does it Mean to You?
What does the term “digital media” mean to you? Spotlight seeks input from educators, game developers, museum administrators, policy makers and anyone else who thinks they’re using digital media in or out of the classroom ...12/02/10
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The New Face of Activism: PandoProjects Help Millennials Turn Ideas Into Action With Digital Media
PandoProjects taps into Millennials’ social commitment and digital savvy with an online organizing platform for grassroots activism.10/25/10
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Introducing Spotlight’s New Look
We’re thrilled to debut a new look for Spotlight. The new design, by our great team at Hop Studios, provides an even better stage to showcase the many innovative projects and research happening at the intersection of the digital media and education. The site also allows for more interaction, so please join the conversation here and on Twitter.9/16/10
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Youth Learning Labs Modeled on Chicago’s YOUmedia to Expand Across the Country
The MacArthur Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today announced plans to create 30 new youth learning labs in libraries and museums nationwide. These labs will be modeled on YOUmedia, an innovative digital space for teens, at the Chicago Public Library.7/20/10
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Q&A: Anil Dash on Building Open-Source Communities, Empowering Citizens and Transforming Policy
Spotlight talks with Anil Dash, founding director of Expert Labs, a non-profit organization working to connect policymakers with the expertise of the general public.5/26/10
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Digital Media and Learning Competition Announces Winners at Games4Change Festival
The Digital Media and Learning Competition announced awards for new game play experiences this week at the seventh annual Games for Change Festival in New York City. Winning projects developed new levels and adventures for the popular video games LittleBigPlanet and Spore Galactic Adventures using principles of science, technology, engineering and math.5/20/10
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Education Futures, Teachers and Technology
The changing role of teachers is the focus of a new briefing paper published by Futurelab, a UK-based nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming teaching and learning.5/13/10
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Meet the HASTAC Award Winners for Innovation in Digital Media and Learning
A mobile-based spy school for girls to explore science mysteries, a virtual butterfly net to scoop up insects and learn about habitat, student-produced videos on community issues, which play on Los Angeles buses as they pass through featured neighborhoods—these were some of the awards for innovation in digital media and learning presented by HASTAC and the MacArthur Foundation May 12, in Washington, D.C.3/23/10
By Barbara Ray
Crowdsourcing Civics: What Mozilla Can Teach Us About Participatory Government
David R. Booth talks with Spotlight about how the internet and open-source software are increasing public participation in local and national policy discussions - and why that’s a good thing.3/22/10
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