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LATEST NEWS
IMS Global interviews DP Co-Chair Larry Grossman
November 2006
Digital Promise’s newest Coalition Member (IMS Global Learning Consortium) interviews DP Co-Chair Larry Grossman to raise awareness of DO IT’s proposed investment in the research & development of learning technologies.
FAS, NSF, & ESA Announce Groundbreaking Report on Learning Technologies
October 2006
Lead Coalition Member, the Federation of American Scientists, joins the National Science Foundation and the Entertainment Software Association in announcing groundbreaking recommendations calling on government, educators, and business to develop strategies to use video games in education and workforce training. To learn more view the website complete with the Full Report and supporting material.
We welcome IMS Global Learning Consortium as the newest member of the Digital Promise Coalition!
October 2006
Following unanimous board approval IMS Chief Executive Officer Rob Abel proclaimed “Both the United States and the world will benefit from much needed investment in educational and learning technology research”. Welcome aboard! Full text of the press relsease.
Digital Promise Co-Chair Lawrence K Grossman delivers major talk at University of Nebraska
September 2006
Digital Promise Co-Chair Larry Grossman spoke compellingly about the role of the federal government in upholding the public’s interest in the digital era in a major address at a conference focusing on “History in the Digital Age” held at the University of Nebraska on September 22, 2006. Full text of the speech.
Digital Promise Co-Chair Newton Minow Interviewed on C-SPAN
September 2006
Digital Promise Co-Chair Newton N. Minow spoke compellingly about the role of the federal government in upholding the public’s interest in the digital era in a thirty-minute interview to be aired on C-SPAN this Saturday, September 9, at 6:30 PM ET. The program, part of C-SPAN’s “The Communicators” series, will be re-aired on Monday, September 11, at 8:00 AM ET and 8:00 PM ET on C-SPAN2. The interview can also be viewed online here.
Mr. Minow, a well-known expert on media and communications policy, was appointed FCC Chairman in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy and subsequently served as Chairman of the Public Broadcasting Service and board member for numerous commercial media entities and philanthropic foundations. He is currently a senior partner at the law firm of Sidley & Austin in Chicago and professor of media studies for Northwestern University. As FCC Chair, Mr. Minow gave what is now considered one of America’s most famous speeches when he spoke before the nation’s television broadcasters and called their prime-time product a “vast wasteland”. His remarks sparked a national debate over the future of television and defined him as a champion of educational programming and public service.
During the interview, Mr. Minow draws strong parallels between the time when television was the “new frontier” and the new frontier of advanced digital technologies revolutionizing society today. He contends that the government has an obligation to uphold the public’s interest in education, work-force training and lifelong learning as we move forward in the digital era, and that enacting the DO IT legislation is the way for Congress to provide the farsighted leadership necessary to meet that obligation.
Mr. Minow also draws on personal anecdotes and observations from his long career that will appeal to anyone interested in political history – from his friendship with Robert Kennedy that began on the campaign trail for Adlai Stevenson to his conversation with Barry Goldwater to launch the children’s educational program Sesame Street. He also reveals his perspective on partisan politics and comments on many other aspects of telecommunications law and federal regulation, and he exhorts all Americans to take an active role in public service.
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