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If you're already a fan of our Facebook page, then you know that tomorrow, Monday, is the final day to comment on our proposal for the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition.

Our goal is to expand a game design curriculum we're using with teachers and students this spring to reach more students and teachers with a wider array of online resources to support the design of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) games next year. We would appreciate your feedback on the proposal:

I Made That: Enabling and Reinforcing STEM Learning through Creative Game Design and Production

The competition invites public comment before Monday, 22 February at 10:00 a.m. EST/7:00 a.m. PST. To log a comment, you must complete a very simple registration at the site. Our hope is that it will only take you a few minutes today or early Monday. Thank you!

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Tomorrow, Saturday, Feb 13, our Teacher Professional Learning Community events begin over at Elluminate's LearnCentral:

• Noon-1:00pm EST: Choosing and Using Video Games in the Classroom: Pros and Cons
• 1:00-2:00pm EST: Designing eGames, Session 1

We're looking forward to meeting all who have signed up to join us!

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As part of our Learning Games webinar series over at Elluminate's LearnCentral, we invite you to join us this Wednesday for Olympics Science: Online Resources for the Classroom from NBC Learn:

Description: On February 12th, the torch will light over Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Join the Learning Games Network's Alex Chisholm and special guest Norman Cohen, producer at NBC Learn, to bring the science of the Winter Olympics home to your classroom.

NBC Learn has collaborated with the National Science Foundation to create this series of video resources and lesson plans demonstrating the links between the laws of physics and the principles of chemistry, and downhill skiing, bobsledding, and other sports.

Join us to learn more about how NBC Learn can inspire students by approaching the science of sports from a new perspective. Part of the Learning Games series on LearnCentral.

Links:
NBC Learn: http://nbclearn.com/olympics
Lesson Plans: http://lessonopoly.org/svef/?q=node/9086

We hope you'll join us this Wednesday, Feb 10, at 7:30pm EST!

Previously:
Teacher Professional Learning Community Info Session
Drawing Lesson Plans from Gaming, Case Study: Caduceus

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Back in November, we mentioned the upcoming Games+Learning+Society Conference (GLS 6.0), June 9-11, 2010, in Madison, Wisconsin. The deadline for submissions has been moved to February 15, 2010, so if you haven't submitted your proposal for a talk yet, now is the time!

If you haven't heard, this year's conference themes are:

1. Formal & informal science literacy
2. Media production & identity
3. Game design & learning

Conference highlights include:

• Keynotes by leaders in both academics and industry;
• Interactive workshops on game research and game design;
• Both individual and symposia presentation sessions;
• “Chat n’ frags” and hands-on gameplay in the arcade;
• An evening poster session over cocktails & hors d'oeuvres;
• An evening machinima festival in the playhouse theatre;
• Fireside chats that enable thorough, cozy conversations among VIP speakers and attendees; and
• GLS's signature Thursday night dinner and marquee presentation.

Confirmed Speakers include: Henry Jenkins, James Paul Gee, Drew Davidson, Alan Collins, David Wiley, Kurt Squire, Reed Stevens, and Rich Lemarchand.

And, as a sponsor of the GLS Conference, LGN will be sending folks, too. Hope to see you there!

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This past week marked the beginning of the public commenting phase of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition. Today, the foundation's Spotlight blog encouraged its readers to join the conversation by reviewing and commenting on entries:

Navigate, explore and share your thoughts. Do you think the idea is a good one? Do you have any suggestions on how to make it better? Interested in collaborating? The applicants will have a chance to incorporate your input during the resubmission period.

We encourage you, too!

Why? Well, you probably won't be surprised to learn that we've thrown our hat into the ring with an entry, I Made That: Enabling and Reinforcing STEM Learning through Creative Game Design and Production. With HOME Inc. as a collaborator, we entered our proposal in the competition's 21st Century Learning Lab Designers category.

Please consider this announcement as your official invitation to visit our project's very brief, 300-word description. We're curious to hear what you think. Do you have any ideas that could make it better? Definitely leave them as comments on our proposal's page.

Public commenting is open until Feb 22, but remember, we won't be able to revise our proposal after Feb 15, the final submission date. We're looking forward to reading your reactions!

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