Spotlight from the MacArthur Foundation

The Spotlight Blog, "blogging the field of digital media and learning," is supported by the MacArthur Foundation. Postings are sparse at this time, but should pick up to reflect the Foundation's continuring involvements with digital media and learning projects.____JH

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"Each week this Spotlight will provide a central focal point for "what's important" in the emerging field of digital media and learning.  But that's not all. This Spotlight is part of Digital Bridges, an initiative to bring coherence and collaboration to the field. Concretely, this site offers the public a first opportunity to get involved by signing up to get notified of major news and collaboration opportunities. This spring we will launch a larger Knowledge Network to centralize these efforts"

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Myth vs Fact-Part 247

Ongoing Educational SeriesAmong the Believers are men Who have been true to Their Covenant with Allah, Of them, some have fulfilled Their obligations to Allah (i.e. they have been Killed in Allah's Cause), And some of them are (still) waiting" (33.23) So we wrote this in its place in the Quran. Read the rest ...

Talking points for Wednesday

Talking points for Wednesday
This Wednesday is our state's Library Legislative Day when librarians from all types of libraries throughout the state descend on St. Paul to visit with their senators and house members about our organization's platform. This will also be the day when our "media specialist in every building" bill gets it first hearing. Below are our talking points for that bill, written with the help of Linda Wise, Leslie Yoder and Lisa Finsness. Talking Points for MEMO/MLA Platform Plank In order for a stude

National Geographic Invests In Online Education Startup ePals (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

National Geographic is investing an undisclosed amount in online education and community startup ePals, and as part of the deal will also supply educational content for the ePals learning projects. Read the rest ...