News & AnnouncementsEdutopia Announces the Digital Generation ProjectThe MacArthur-supported project aims to help educators and parents understand how digital media are changing today’s youth. MacArthur Island Opens in Virtual World of Second LifeThe island is a new laboratory for MacArthur’s two-year exploration of virtual worlds, led by the University of Southern California and the nonprofit Global Kids. Global Competition Selects 19 Innovative Digital Media & Learning Projects to Share $2 Million(April 16, 2009) — In a $2 million competition funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, winners include a radically affordable $12 TV-computer, a video blogging site for young women in Mumbai, India, and a cutting-edge mobile phone application that lets children conduct digital wildlife spotting and share that information with friends. Groundbreaking Online-Only Journal from MIT Press(March 30, 2009) — With support from the MacArthur Foundation, MIT Press announces the publication of the first issue of The International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM), which will examine the intersection of media and learning in multiple contexts. New Study Shows Time Spent Online Important for Teen Development(November 20, 2008) — Results from the most extensive U.S. study on teens and their use of digital media show that America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online — often in ways adults do not understand or value. New Study Shatters Gaming Stereotypes(September 16, 2008) — A major new study (PDF) carried out by the Pew Internet and American Life Project in collaboration with the Civic Education Research Group at Mills College shatters stereotypes about teens and video games. Contrary to the notion of the lone gamer playing violent video games, the study reveals that game playing can incorporate many aspects of civic and political life and is social, nearly universal, and encompasses a variety of genres, including racing, puzzle, action and adventure games.
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