Is America Competitive in the 21st Century?

That's one of the questions Digital Promise asked the United States government to consider. As a result, in August 2008 Digital Promise became through Congressional action the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies. It's now a non-profit corporation within the U.S. Department of Education. Transformation of education in schools, libraries, museums and the broadcasting industry is what the Center is all about. This transformation will take place through support of "the research and development of new models and prototypes of educational content, taking full advantage of the Internet and other new digital distribution technologies." Some of the priorities for grants include: digitizing libraries, developing next-generation learning, and assessing "pedagogical effectiveness". The Center, which is requesting funding for FY 2010, will investigate how technology can effectively enhance learning so that students will be ready to compete in today's and tomorrow's worlds. You can check out videos showing the Digital Promise Learning Prototypes: Immune Attack, Discover Babylon, and Multi-Casualty Incident.