Details of the 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition are available at www.dmlcompetition.net. We're excited to be part of the White House's Educate to Innovate initiative, in cooperation with National Lab Day and with two major gaming companies, Sony and EA.   We're exploring new 21st century versions of learning labs (be creative!  be bold!) and also new ways of learning using popular games like LittleBig Planet and Spore.   Join us, and pass on the word to anyone who might be interested.

Please note that the competition closed on January 22, 2010.

Reimagining Learning

HASTAC and the MacArthur Foundation are excited to launch the third year of the Digital Media and Learning Competition. Today, young people are learning, socializing, and participating in civic life in dramatic new ways and assessing information in ways never before imagined. They are reimagining learning on a daily basis and are engaged in what is called "participatory learning." The 2010 Digital Media and Learning Competition challenges designers, entrepreneurs, practitioners, researchers, and young people to put participatory learning to work on behalf of science, technology, engineering, math and their social contexts in the 21st century.

The online application system will open January 7, so now's the time to develop your ideas and pull your information together. Click here to see what you will need to include in your application. Expert judges will select Best in Class awards in a number of categories. This year, the public will be invited to comment on proposals and vote for People's Choice competition awards.

So read through the website carefully and be ready to apply beginning on January 7! Click here to see the timeline.