It's official!

This morning the MacArthur Foundation held a press conference to announce the launch of its five-year, $50 million digital media and learning initiative "to help determine how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life." From the project's website, you can link to a webcast of the press conference and to the project blog, "where visitors can engage with initiative grantees about their work."

This project is big. Really big. All kinds of organizations and institutions are involved. Even though I've been consumed with my little part in it for the past several months, I had to dig a bit to find the description of our work. It will be fun to watch the news percolate out. CNET has posted a story, but that's to be expected. I want to see it hit my hometown newspaper.