Submitted by NancyKimberly on Jan 22, 2010, 08:57 AM

As the deadline for preliminary applications draws ever closer, we wanted to take this opportunity to encourage you to submit your application today. The application system is open and will remain so until 11:59pm EST tonight--Friday, January 22nd. 

 

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Jan 21, 2010, 07:49 AM

If you have ever wondered if you can use a certain film clip or still in your teaching or research, and found yourself censoring yourself because you were afraid of copyright violation, check out the resources at Critical Commons, a project dedicated to teaching us about what does and does not constitute fair use for educational and research purposes. Here's the url: http://criticalcommons.org

Submitted by daniel.poynter on Jan 05, 2010, 04:12 PM

Background

Submitted by NancyKimberly on Dec 17, 2009, 09:04 AM

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

Submitted by jaredlamenzo on Nov 11, 2009, 04:57 PM

The WildLab is an inquiry-based educational program.  As such, the team often fields students' unexpected questions--each bird sighting becoming a touchstone for questions about other plants and animals.  This creates a fuller picture of the biome--it is hard not to notice what a bird is feeding on, and ask, "What kind of plant is it?"  The design of the technology must respond to these needs to be effective.

Submitted by jaredlamenzo on Nov 04, 2009, 01:59 PM

Observation is the first step towards scientific discovery. With the WildLab iPhone application and associated inquiry-based curriculum, students learn the basics of scientific fieldwork, while using other STEM-related skills.

Submitted by John Jones on Apr 16, 2009, 11:11 PM
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:

Part two:

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Oct 13, 2008, 06:08 AM

There are three days left until the competition deadline on Wednesday, October 15. If you plan to apply, but haven't started yet, now's the time. Here are three useful URL's. The homepage of the Competition site is: www.dmlcompetition.net. The application page: http://www.dmlcompetition.net/fastapps/login.php It's an online application. You can register, answer some questions, leave the site, and then return later, again and again, to finish, edit, change, anything. And if you have questions, please ask them via the Contact box: http://www.dmlcompetition.net/contact.php. Good luck, everyone!

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Jun 25, 2008, 11:00 PM
Check out the Digital Media and Learning Competition winners' blog to see what these 17 great projects are up to . . . A new Competition will be announced in late August. For a glimpse of some participatory learning in action, check this out now: http://www.dmlcompetition.net/blog/

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Jun 14, 2008, 10:57 AM
At another MacArthur meeting, I realized yet again how these Digital Media and Learning Initiative meetings are never "just another meeting."