[xmca] Fwd: Competition Selects 10 Innovative Digital Media & Learning Projects to Share $1.7 Million

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Ten winners of the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning
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The winners will share $1.7 million to use games, mobile phone applications,
virtual worlds, and social networks to create the learning labs of the 21st
century.

Funded by MacArthur and administered by the virtual network of learning
institutions HASTAC<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=cdKGISMuHgLML0I&s=giJXI8PJLcJLLWOCIoE&m=9iIKKWMCIaKRKhJ>,
the competition winners include a project to show youth-produced videos on
2,200 Los Angeles city buses; the next generation of a graphical programming
language that allows young people to create their own interactive stories,
games, and animations; and an online game that teaches kids the
environmental impact of their personal choices.

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Winners of the 2010 competition ››
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Photo: Nox No More, an online game about the environment.

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