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WE'VE MOVED! JOIN US OVER AT HASTAC.ORG

We have been ready to move for a while now, and those of you who wanted to be part of the Digital Media & Learning network can now do so freely at HASTAC.org. Thanks, Ning, for the fresh start with our 2008 Winners' Hub. But we had to grow and by moving over to the network of networks that make up HASTAC.org, we think we'll find many social networking threads, conversations, collaborations, forums among the greater HASTAC community. All… Continue

Added by HASTAC/DML Team on July 9, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Playpower.org and the open-source educational software revolution

The following is a re-post by Jim Coe, describing Derek Lomas' presentation of Playpower.org at the Gaming + Learning + Society conference. Original (terrific) post is here: http://bionicteaching.com/?p=1027 Playpo… Continue

Added by HASTAC/DML Team on June 12, 2009 at 2:03pm — No Comments

Digital Media & Learning Competition Showcase Compilation

Here's a glimpse of our 1st Annual Digital Media and Competition winners from 2008, in this video kick-off to the showcase held April 17, 2009 in Chicago.

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Added by HASTAC/DML Team on May 22, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Connie Yowell at the 2009 HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media & Learning Launch in Chicago

Patrick O'Shea of WITTIE, one of our 2009 Digital Media & Learning awardees, used his FlipCam to capture Connie Yowell's talk on participatory learning during lunch at the Palmer House.

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Added by HASTAC/DML Team on May 12, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

This is what we do

Seth Godin gave a talk at TED in February that speaks directly to the work we do with digital media and learning. "Find something worth changing, and then assemble tribes that assemble tribes that spread the idea and spread the idea and it becomes something far bigger than ourselves. It becomes a movement."

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Added by Sheryl Grant on May 11, 2009 at 11:02am — No Comments

Proposed Earth Science Education Summit in 2009

I'm helping organize an Earth Science Education Summit later this year and would be interested in getting ideas from you about organizations that you feel would contribute to the enhancement of earth science education in K12 in the US. Continue

Added by David Gibson on May 8, 2009 at 5:50pm — 1 Comment

Getting the Ball Rolling

It's very cool how things can start coming together before the work has even begun. I'm in the progress of organizing both an advisory team and a development team for this project. The advisory team has been ridiculously easy - there are so many people who are interested in providing help and support! I am fortunate that Jed Macosko, a physics professor at Wake Forest University, has been deeply involved with the project, finding numerous professors at Wake to help out and offer their expertise.… Continue

Added by Anthony Pecorella on May 6, 2009 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Highlights from PLOrk at Chicago's Newberry Library: HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media & Learning Showcase

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Added by HASTAC/DML Team on May 6, 2009 at 12:57pm — No Comments

History of Canada: Time to Change the Game

Canada has a crisis of historical amnesia. We no longer inspire our youth and our newest citizens and immigrants with Canada’s national story. No other Western nation does a poorer job of teaching history than Canada.

That is why I applaud some of the recent remarks and deci… Continue

Added by HASTAC/DML Team on May 5, 2009 at 8:53am — No Comments

Do You Seafood? Digital Ocean: Sampling the Sea

(The following is a re-post of an article by Kristin Peters for the Daily Nexus) Univerity of California Santa Barbara’s Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media recently received $211,000 to launch a digital media and learning program about seafood. The funds will allow the Carsey-Wolf Center to launch their pilot program “Digital Ocean: Sampling the Sea,” which aims to interactively educate the next generation of seafoo… Continue

Added by HASTAC/DML Team on May 1, 2009 at 9:42am — No Comments

Young Innovators and the Digital Democracy Contest

(This is a re-post of Elizabeth Gardner's article featured in Purdue News.) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A team of three Purdue University students led by a 2008 graduate won the young innovator division of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition. The team, which proposed a free Web-based contest to help high school government teachers educate students, was awarded $9,000 as one of five winning… Continue

Added by HASTAC/DML Team on May 1, 2009 at 9:07am — No Comments

Gene Koo on Hub2 and Participatory Chinatown

I’m very excited and honored that Hub2 has won one of this year’s MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning prizes, alongside our partners the Asian Community Development Corporation and… Continue

Added by HASTAC/DML Team on May 1, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Digital Media Competition Encourages Educational Experiments

Graduate journalism students Ian Monroe and Kathryn Murphy at Northwestern University's Medill School did a really nice job covering our recent HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Launch and Showcase in Chicago. "Whether it’s mapping an ancient Roman burial route over time, constructing a homemade flashlight or learning how to make art from recycled materials, HASTAC and the MacArthur Foundation are helping fund the digital media experiments that could provide innovative lear… Continue

Added by HASTAC/DML Team on April 21, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

HASTAC Scholar Jentery Sayers blogs about HASTAC III: Innovations in Participatory Learning, Social Change, and Digital Democracy

(The following is a cross-post from Hastac.org)

Today's first session, "Innovations in Participatory Learning, Social Change, and Digital Democracy," at HASTAC III started the conference (which, per Cathy Davidson's intro… Continue

Added by HASTAC/DML Team on April 20, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

John Jones with PLOrk at the Digital Media and Learning Showcase

The Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) gave an amazing performance tonight at the opening reception for the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition. Here's some clips from the question and answer session that followed the performance: Part one:

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Added by HASTAC/DML Team on April 19, 2009 at 3:37pm — No Comments

Ramsey Tesdell Joins the 2009 Digital Media and Learning Winners' Breakout Sessions

I was quite excited about the breakout sessions, particuarly the session as the title suggests, about reaching underserved communities. I was excited about the international aspect, but also the values that come with working with underserved communities. As I joined the session, M-Ubuntu were discussing their efforts in working with mobile phones in educa… Continue

Added by HASTAC/DML Team on April 19, 2009 at 3:26pm — No Comments

Showcase Videos Feature 2008 Digital Media and Learning Winners: Black Cloud, Virtual Peace and Sustainable South Bronx GreenFab

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Added by HASTAC/DML Team on April 19, 2009 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Ramsey Tesdell: PLOrk Opens the Digital Media & Learning Showcase in Chicago

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Added by HASTAC/DML Team on April 19, 2009 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Ramsey Tesdell and Day Two at the 2009 Digital Media & Learning Launch and Showcase

After a full day yesterday of talks, presentations, breakout sessions, and even a laptop orchestra performance, day two kicks of with even more excitement in the air. The crowd is even more comfortable with each other, and even friendlier after spending most of the day and night together. When MacArthur said “welcome to the family,” I wasn’t entirely convinced. After spending just one day with their staff and their grantees, I know exactly what they mean. Connie Yowell is speaking now about par… Continue

Added by HASTAC/DML Team on April 19, 2009 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Ramsey Tesdell: A View From the Floor

I took a quick tour of the floor of the exhibition hall of all winning projects, where last year's winners were explaining their projects a year after receiving funding. Many looked very cool, and seemed to have accomplised alot since last year. I hope that some or all of the projects go on to have a dramatic impact on the world and help make the world more just and more equitable.