July 5, 2007
[REBLOGGED] MacArthur Highlights from the National Media Education Conference: MacArthur is supporting Henry Jenkins and Renee Hobbs to define media literacy practices in the 21st Century.
Category: Unexpected

June 28, 2007
Event Recap: Philanthropy in Virtual Worlds—photos, podcasts and more: On June 22, MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton and Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale (a.k.a. Philip Linden) had an historic conversation about how virtual worlds could revolutionize philanthropy.  At the event, Fanton also announced…
Category: Civic-Engagement, Ecology-of-Games, Unexpected

June 26, 2007
Pop Cosmopolitanism in Virtual Worlds, or How Second Life Can Save the World: Virtual worlds are the new “third place” for retribalization & pop-cosmopolitanism.
Category: Civic-Engagement, Ecology-of-Games

June 22, 2007
Launching a Year-Long Exploration: Philanthropy in Virtual Worlds: The MacArthur Foundation announces a series of events, beginning with a launch in Second Life today, which will broadly consider the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds.
Category: Comments: Lucy Bernholz, B. Kanter, Buffy Beale, Harold Clay, Joyce Bettencourt, Haney Armstrong, Carrie James,

June 19, 2007
[REBLOGGED] The New Digital Divide: Media Literacy: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch today ran an op-ed by MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton about the need to close the gap between those who have the knowledge and skills to create and re-mix digital media and…
Category: Comments: Mechelle De Craene,

June 19, 2007
Doing the Impossible in Virtual Worlds: Virtual worlds allow us to do what is not possible in the physical world.  How can we use this?  Doug Thomas from the USC Center on Public Diplomacy explores…
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June 15, 2007
Taking Second Life to the Next Level: From Monologue to Dialogue: The director of USC’s Center on Public Diplomacy reflects on the import of the June 22nd event announced by Jonathan Fanton.
Category: Ecology-of-Games

June 12, 2007
Emerging Details for June 22nd Event: Bookmark this post for emerging details on the event mentioned by Jonathan Fanton.
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, UnexpectedJonathan Goldford, B. Stokes, B. Stokes, Laurie Entrekin,

June 12, 2007
Invitation to Virtual World Event on Philanthropy: Save the date (22 June, 9am PST) for an historic conversation on the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds featuring MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton and Second Life CEO Philip Rosedale.
Category: Comments: R. Panganiban, Edward Castronova, B. Kanter, Susan Tenby, couty sabah, R. Panganiban, MIRABAI BUSH, affordable web hosting,

June 4, 2007
The Future of Learning Institutions: It is time to consider how learning institutions can be transformed and supported in new distributed configurations.
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected E. Hodge, Mechelle De Craene, C. Davidson,

June 1, 2007
Schools are a Last Vestige of an Industrial Age: What will schools be like when they act like information age organizations?
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, UnexpectedKevin Denney,

May 31, 2007
ThinkeringSpaces: Why is tinkering a useful way to learn?
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

May 31, 2007
ThinkeringSpaces: A New Idea for Libraries: MacArthur Awards Institute of Design at IIT Grant to Rethink Libraries
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

May 29, 2007
The Future of Institutions: How (if at all) should institutions change as a result of digital media?
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, UnexpectedDK, DJ Chandler, Ph.D., Tom Hoffman, B. Stokes,

May 18, 2007
Update on Competition and Knowledge Network: Stay tuned for more information coming this summer.
Category: UnexpectedHeidi, George Onyango,

April 10, 2007
The Unlimited Frontiers: In Howard Gardner’s final post, he explores how the American Context shapes the affects of digital media.
Category: IdentitySam Abramovich, Mechelle De Craene, S. Abramovich,

April 7, 2007
Youth Discussion affects Second Life: A discussion started on Spotlight has resulted in policy changes by Linden Labs affecting the Teen Grid on Second Life.
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April 6, 2007
Howard Gardner: A Life-Altering Impact?: Howard Gardner continues the conversation about where the most profound effects of digital media will occur. He suggests that digital media may have the power to qualitatively change life experience.
Category: Unexpected

April 4, 2007
Is the Medium the Message?: Howard Gardner explores the question: Do the new digital media change everything?
Category: UnexpectedMechelle De Craene, Robert K. Blechman, Mechelle De Craene, Robert K. Blechman, Nichole Pinkard, Mechelle De Craene, Robert K. Blechman,

April 2, 2007
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.
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected