Funding opp: 2010 HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition opening soon!
HASTAC
Here at the HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning
Competition headquarters, we are increasingly excited as the opening
of the online application system draws closer. We can't wait to see
the ideas that you have percolating and the many innovative ways you
are reimagining learning!
This year we are thrilled to be part of the White House's Educate to
Innovate Initiative, collaborating with National Lab Day, as well as
with Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) and Electronic Arts
(EA), Entertainment Software Association (ESA), and the Information
Technology Industry Council (ITI). Additionally, this year we have
opened the Competition up to the entire world for participation, as
well as introducing public commenting on applications and a People's
Choice Award.
To give you some additional time to shine up those initial
applications and get them ready for prime time, we are happy to
announce that we have extended the Competition timeline. This means
that the online application system will now open and begin accepting
applications on January 15th. The due date for preliminary
applications has been extended until January 22nd, while resubmitted
final first round applications (taking into consideration any public
feedback/comments received) will be due no later than February 15th.
Please check out the revised timeline here: http://www.dmlcompetition.net/timeline.php
and feel free to email us d...@hri.uci.edu with any questions.
I have included below a revised call for the 2010 HASTAC/MacArthur
Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition with the new
submission deadlines. Please help us get the word out by spreading it
through your networks. We look forward to seeing your applications on
January 15th!
Best,
Digital Media and Learning Competition
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2010 HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning
Competition
TIMELINE EXTENDED----Application system to open January 15th
PLEASE NOTE NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINES
*****To allow applicants more time to develop their initial
applications, the Competition timeline has been extended by one week.
The online application system will now open and begin accepting
applications on January 15th. The due date for preliminary
applications has been extended until January 22nd, while resubmitted
final first round applications (taking into consideration any public
feedback/comments received) will be due by February 15th. Please
reference the revised timeline here: http://www.dmlcompetition.net/timeline.php.
*****
The theme of this year's Competition is Reimagining Learning and there
are two types of awards: 21st Century Learning Lab Designers and Game
Changers.
Aligned with National Lab Day as part of the White House's Educate to
Innovate Initiative, the 21st Century Learning Lab Designer awards
will range from $30,000-$200,000. Awards will be made for learning
environments and digital media-based experiences that allow young
people to grapple with social challenges through activities based on
the social nature, contexts, and ideas of science, technology,
engineering and math.
The Game Changers category—undertaken in cooperation with Sony
Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) and Electronic Arts (EA),
Entertainment Software Assocation, and the Information Technology
Industry Council—will award amounts ranging from $5,000-$50,000 for
creative levels designed with either LittleBigPlanet™ or Spore™
Galactic Adventures that offer young people engaging game play
experiences and that incorporate and leverage principles of science,
technology, engineering and math for learning.
Each category will include several Best in Class awards selected by
expert judges, as well as a People’s Choice Award selected by the
general public. The online application system will open on January 15
and will include three rounds of submissions, with public comment at
each stage.
Please see www.dmlcompetition.net for all details.
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