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The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning)

By michael39 on  From booksreviews2day.blogspot.com
The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) Feature ISBN13: 9780262513593 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) Overview In this report, Cathy Davidson and David Theo Goldberg focus on the potential for shared and interactive...Read Full Story

The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning)

By cynthiaaskew81 on  From textbooksbooksreviews.blogspot.com
The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) Feature ISBN13: 9780262513593 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) Overview In this report, Cathy Davidson and David Theo Goldberg focus on the potential for shared and interactive...Read Full Story

Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning)

By sundry on  From nearinfrared-spectroscopy-chemometric.blogspot.com
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out : Kids Living and Learning with New Media (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning) by Mizuko Ito Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networks sites, and text messaging. Yet there is little actual research that investigates the intricate dynamics of...Read Full Story

Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning)

By sundry on  From nearinfrared-spectroscopy-chemometric.blogspot.com
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out : Kids Living and Learning with New Media (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning) by Mizuko Ito Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networks sites, and text messaging. Yet there is little actual research that investigates the intricate dynamics of...Read Full Story

Class of 2008 MacArthur Fellows named

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CHICAGO, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- More than two dozen artists, activists, scientists and inventors were named recipients of the annual MacArthur Foundation awards in Chicago Tuesday. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation annually awards $500,000 to individuals to help support their research or other activities aimed at improving the world around them. We have surprised ourselves again this year, Daniel Socolow, director of the MacArthur Fellows Program, said in a written statement...Read Full Story
of all the creative activities being offered by all the creative arts institutions and organizations in the world, the MacArthur Foundation chose to give the one arts-related award among its 2012 grants for Creative and Effective Institutions, of 15 awards ...  
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Two Chicago organizations rooted in efforts to improve housing for lower income residents and lift neighborhoods out of poverty were among the winners Thursday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The work of both of the Chicago ...  
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CHICAGO — The MacArthur Foundation on Thursday named 15 organizations in six countries as winners of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Each was awarded between $350,000 and $2.5 million. Their missions range from ...  
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MacArthur Foundation. The work of both of the Chicago nonprofits ... was awarded $2 million that it will use to strengthen a program to make emergency repairs to and sometimes take ownership of multi-family buildings at risk of foreclosure and demolition.  
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CHICAGO — Fifteen organizations have been named recipients of the 2012 “Award for Creative and Effective Institutions” by the MacArthur Foundation and will received grants of $350,000 to $2.5 million, depending on the annual budget of the ...  
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Community Investment Corp. and Business and Professional People for the Public Interest are among 15 organizations in six countries, and the only Illinois groups, to be named recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.  
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Co-founder Jason Goodrich gives Crain's Lisa Leiter a demo. With unpredictable customer ... gala at the Museum of Contemporary Art promised to dispel midwinter funk. The $1,000-per-ticket gala grossed $1.1 million to fund various MCA programs.  
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a major private grant-making foundation based in Chicago that has awarded more than US$3 billion since its inception in 1978. It is now one of the ten largest private philanthropies in the U.S. with an endowment of more than $6 billion. The foundation awards approximately $225 million annually in grants and low-interest loans.

Its four major program areas are Global Security and Sustainability, Human and Community Development, General grant-making, and the MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as "genius grants." Topics of interest to the Foundation include international peace and security, conservation and sustainable development, population control, reproductive health, human rights, community development, affordable housing, and educational, juvenile justice, and mental health reform, public interest media, including public radio and independent documentary film. The Foundation also gives grants to arts and cultural institutions in the Chicago area.

The MacArthur Fellows Program awards five-year, unrestricted fellowships, "to individuals across all ages and fields (but ONLY to US citizens) who show exceptional merit and promise of continued creative work." The amount of the award is currently $500,000, which is paid over five years, with no strings attached.

The Foundation's President is Jonathan F. Fanton, formerly President of the New School for Social Research. There are also overseas offices in Mexico, India, Nigeria, and Russia.

The Foundation's founder, John D. MacArthur (1897-1978), founded and owned Bankers Life and Casualty and other businesses, as well as considerable property in Florida and New York. His wife Catherine T. MacArthur (1909-1981) held positions in many of these companies and served as a director of the Foundation.

Over its history the Foundation has been in close collaboration with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller Foundation; one case in point being the joint establishment in 2000 of The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, to assist higher education institutions in 6 African countries. Another connection is that President Jonathan F. Fanton serves as an Advisory Trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
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