President Obama unveiled today “Educate to Innovate” – a major new education campaign designed to improve science and technology education in the U.S. – and a signature feature of the initiative is the Digital Media and Learning Competition supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with the University of California, Duke University and the virtual network HASTAC.
Also, in collaboration with E Line Media and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, Games for Change is part of this major public-private partnership to launch a series of national game competitions to spur and promote new games for STEM learning. The President’s announcement highlighted a STEM competition involving a joint MacAthur Foundation and Sony initiative featuring Little Big Planet as the development platform.
President Obama’s remarks here, from this morning.
New York Times article here.
Games For Change press release here.