April 8, 2008
David Williamson Shaffer: Celebrating Seymour: Seymour Papert was honored in a special session at the American Education Research Association, and his work provides a powerful example for the digital future--and the Macarthur Digital Media and Learning initiative.
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

April 8, 2008
Reflections on AERA:  Observations on learning, games, democracy, identity and education: Continuing our observations from the recent AERA conference, over the next week Spotlight will feature a series of posts from members of the Epistemic Games Group at the University of Wisconsin…
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected S. Jackson,

April 4, 2008
Craig Wacker: Games, Digital Literacies and the Future of Learning Environments: Continuing our series on the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting last week, MacArthur Program Officer Craig Wacker reflects on day two of the Digital Media and Learning panels.…
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April 3, 2008
Connected Reflections: Learning, Meaning, and Civic Engagement in the Digital Age: Four provocative ideas from a recent AERA panel are highlighted by MacArthur Program Officer Benjamin Stokes, who connects each idea to the profile of a leading thinker on this website.
Category: Civic-Engagement, Ecology-of-Games, Unexpected

April 2, 2008
Connie Yowell: March Update: MacArthur’s Director of Education discusses a number of recent events and activities.
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April 1, 2008
[Regblogged] John Palfrey: Digital Youth, Innovation, and the Unexpected: John Palfrey continues his discussion of the MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning. We reblog his latest post reacting to the volume on Digital Youth, Innovation,…
Category: Unexpected

March 31, 2008
Joseph Kahne: Democracy for Some: Today’s schools give white, higher achieving, and higher income youth far more civic learning opportunities.  Will digital media be any different?  In exploring this topic, MacArthur grantee Joe Kahne has received significant media attention.  Professor…
Category: Civic-Engagement

March 27, 2008
[Regblogged] danah boyd: how youth find privacy in interstitial space: We reblog danah boyd’s recent piece about the race going on between parental surveillance vs. technology to assert privacy. boyd reminds us that youth have been trying to find ways to communicate outside the watchful…
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

March 25, 2008
[Reblogged] Howard Gardner: The End of Literacy? Don’t Stop Reading.: Howard Gardner asks “What will happen to reading and writing in our time?” We reblog his piece from the Washington Post last month that examines the future of literacy. Howard Gardner is…
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

March 19, 2008
Rik Panganiban: The International Justice Center in Second Life: Global Kids’ Second Life Producer and Program Associate, Rik Panganiban, announces the launch this week of the International Justice Center in Second Life, an education and action clearinghouse supporting a global constituency…
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

March 18, 2008
This Week’s Events in Virtual Worlds: Justice Center, ICC Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo, Kofi Annan: This Wednesday and Thursday the public is invited to a suite of events held in conjunction with the launch of the International Justice Center in Second Life.  The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
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March 18, 2008
Steven Gerber: Internet Meets the International Criminal Court: In conjunction with the first International Justice Award and the new International Justice Center in Second Life, MacArthur’s Program Officer in Human Rights and International Justice discusses the International Criminal Court and its increasing connections…
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

March 13, 2008
[Regblogged] John Palfrey: Civic Life Online: Continuing our discussion of civics this week, we reblog John Palfrey’s recent piece on how digital media can engage youth online. John reacts to the new volume in the
Category: Civic-Engagement

March 10, 2008
Lance Bennett: Investigating Youth Civic Learning and Engagement Online: How can informal online environments effectively engage the citizenship and learning styles of younger generations? University of Washington Professor Lance Bennett details his team’s work on the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement’s Digital Media…
Category: Civic-EngagementCliff Manning,

March 6, 2008
Kevin Denney: Archiving Learning: When are things ready for storing? A member of the Illinois Institute of Technology research faculty looks at understanding how people collect and store data and objects.
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, UnexpectedDave H. Crusoe,

March 3, 2008
Julia Stasch: Reflections on the HASTAC-MacArthur Competition Winners: Vice President Julia Stasch of the MacArthur Foundation reflects on the inaugural winners as a cohort. 
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

February 28, 2008
Virtual Worlds Discussion: Credibility and Reputation in the New News: Kathy Im of MacArthur’s General Program will host a discussion on February 29th in Second Life on Credibility and Reputation in the New News.
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February 28, 2008
[Regblogged] Cathy Davidson: When ‘No’ Means ‘Try Again’: Winners were announced last week in the inaugural Digital Media and Learning Competition. Here we reblog Cathy Davidson’s piece from the HASTAC blog on the challenges of providing comments and feedback…
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, Unexpected

February 26, 2008
Tony Curzon Price: Tell me who to believe in Second Life? And can I believe your answer?: Tony Curzon Price of opendemocracy.net previews an upcoming conversation in Second Life this Friday on “Credibility and Reputation in the New News.” The discussion will explore questions about the credibility and accuracy of…
Category: Credibility

February 21, 2008
Inaugural Digital Media and Learning Competition Selects Winning Projects: HASTAC announces seventeen winners in the first Digital Media and Learning Competition. To see a list of winners and their project descriptions visit the competition website at http://www.dmlcompetition.net. 
Category: Civic-Engagement, Credibility, Ecology-of-Games, Identity, Race-Ethnicity, UnexpectedRobert Berkman, Brian O., Idit Harel Caperton, Cathy Davidson, Cathy Davidson, Cathy Davidson,