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First Annual Winners’ Showcase Digital Media and Learning Competition April 16-17, 2009 Chicago, Illinois ------All events and exhibits are free and open to the public------

Presented by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and HASTAC (‘haystack”: Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory)

April 16, 2009 5:30pm - 8:00pm Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street

Opening reception and concert by PLOrk: The Princeton Laptop Orchestra A celebration honoring Digital Media and Learning Competition winners, including a public announcement of this year’s winners, followed by a performance by PLOrk, the Princeton Laptop Orchestra.

Winner of a 2008 Digital Media and Learning Competition “Innovation” award, PLOrk is an expressive mobile musical laboratory for exploring new ways of making music with laptops and local area networks. PLOrk has performed throughout the country and beyond, including with the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

____________________________________________________________________________ April 17, 2009 9:30am-12:00pm, 1:30pm-4:00pm Palmer House Hilton, 17 East Monroe Street

Panel Discussions and Exhibits (Sixth Floor Ballroom)

9:30-10:30 a.m. Building an International Network of Innovation in Learning Discussion, videos, question-and-answer session

10:30-12:00 p.m Expo of seventeen winning Digital Media and Learning projects and interactive, multimedia demonstrations

1:30-2:30 p.m. Digital Youth and Participatory Learning A conversation between Mizuko Ito, principal author of the Digital Youth Project, and social media expert Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution.

2:30-4:00 p.m. Expo of winning projects and interactive, multimedia demonstrations

For a full program and list of exhibitors, please visit www.hastac.org