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February 28, 2008

Indiana U. Receives Grant for Development of Virtual World for Children

The Indiana University School of Education has received a three-year, $1.8-million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to expand the virtual world Quest Atlantis, which is designed to help foster creativity, social responsibility, and compassion in children ages 9 through 12.

Watch Sasha Barab, the university director of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology, discuss Quest Atlantis.—Andrea L. Foster

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1. I am very pleased to hear about the funding of such an important project. For people interested in teaching and learning through games, I recommend my free book on this topic. It is available at:
   http://uoregon.edu/~moursund/Books/Games/games.html

   — David Moursund    Feb 29, 02:49 PM    #

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