Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning

Group Discussion on “Virtual Success”—will you know it when you see it?

Lucy Bernholz hosts a discussion with the funding community on what will philanthropy accomplish in virtual worlds, and how will we know?

Competition Launches: HASTAC calls for applications to new Digital Media and Learning Competition

The MacArthur Foundation is supporting the Digital Media and Learning Competition under the leadership of HASTAC (www.hastac.org).  Designed to support new projects that might not come to the Foundation’s attention through other channels, the Competition is designed to award $2 million in grants to enhance the field of learning enabled or advanced by digital media.

Katynka Martínez: Pacman, MacArthur Park, and El Imigrante

Katynka discusses new Los Angeles narratives created by urban youth. Who would be chasing Pacman if he were navigating the city streets of LA?

Emerging Details for June 22nd Event

Bookmark this post for emerging details on the event mentioned by Jonathan Fanton.

The Future of Learning Institutions

It is time to consider how learning institutions can be transformed and supported in new distributed configurations.

Schools are a Last Vestige of an Industrial Age

What will schools be like when they act like information age organizations?

ThinkeringSpaces

Why is tinkering a useful way to learn?

ThinkeringSpaces: A New Idea for Libraries

MacArthur Awards Institute of Design at IIT Grant to Rethink Libraries

The Future of Institutions

How (if at all) should institutions change as a result of digital media?

AERA Reception Hosted by MacArthur

If you’re in Chicago next week, we’re hosting a reception at the AERA conference, which will bring together education professionals from around the world.

Antonio Lopez: Media Worlds in Collision

When examining digital media education and Native America, we need to challenge conventional thinking about schools, technology and pedagogy. The issue is not reducible to the digital divide, but rather should incorporate wisdom, community and cultural context.

Jessie Daniels: The Epistemology of White Supremacy

How do young people make sense of claims about race, racism and white supremacy they encounter online?

Raiford Guins: A Positive Side to Web2.0

For issues of race and ethnicity, the web’s freedom from traditional broadcast restrictions is important.  Existing architectures can be occupied.  New information sources emerge for politics and organizing.  And some label sites are significantly broadening what hip hop culture can be. [Part II of II]

Dara N. Byrne: beyond Media Literacy to Combat “Why Bother”

How can we become more active agents in helping young people of color to be more purposeful users of new media?