[kictanet] FW: announced: MacArthur Foundation Competition on Participatory Learning (US$2m in awards, international applicants now eligible)

Thu Sep 18 09:33:51 EAT 2008

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From: mtrucano at worldbank.org [mailto:mtrucano at worldbank.org] 
Sent: 18 September 2008 01:30
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Subject: announced: MacArthur Foundation Competition on Participatory
Learning (US$2m in awards, international applicants now eligible)

INFORMATIONAL ONLY  -- NO NEED TO RESPOND

In case it might be of interest to you or someone you know ...

 -M

http://www.dmlcompetition.net/

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                             $2 Million

                             Digital Media &

                             Learning

                             Competition

                             The MacArthur

                             Foundation, the

                             University of

                             California,

                             Irvine, Duke

                             University, and

                             the virtual

                             network HASTAC

                             announced today

                             a second $2

                             million

                             competition that

                             focuses on

                             participatory

                             learning,

                             creates an award

                             category for

                             Young Innovators

                             aged 18-25, and

                             for the first

                             time extends

                             eligibility to

                             international

                             applicants.

                             The competition

                             is part of

                             MacArthur's $50

                             million digital

                             media and

                             learning

                             initiative that

                             aims to help

                             determine how

                             digital

                             technologies are

                             changing the way

                             young people

                             learn, play,

                             socialize, and

                             participate in

                             civic life.

                             Competition

                             winners will

                             join an existing

                             community of

                             awardees that

                             convenes

                             regularly online

                             to participate

                             in webinars on

                             new technology,

                             novel approaches

                             to social

                             networking, and

                             other issues

                             pertinent to

                             participatory

                             learning. They

                             will be invited

                             to showcase

                             their work at an

                             annual

                             conference to

                             include venture

                             capitalists,

                             entrepreneurs,

                             educators, and

                             new media

                             experts seeking

                             the best ideas

                             about digital

                             media and

                             learning.

                             Visit the

                             competition's

                             website for more

                             information on

                             how to apply.

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                             www.macfound.org

Connie Yowell
Director, Education
MacArthur Foundation
www.spotlight.macfound.org

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