Marilyn P. Arnone

Marilyn P. Arnone, PhD, is a Research Associate Professor in the iSchool @ Syracuse, teaches in the school media program, and serves as co-director for Syracuse University’s Center for Digital Literacy. Marilyn earned her doctorate in instructional design, development, and evaluation. Her recent research has explored perceived and actual competence in middle school children’s information and digital literacies and considered various dispositions for learning with a special interest in curiosity and motivation for learning. She has authored or co-authored numerous publications including a book titled Motivational Design: The Secret to Producing Effective Children’s Media (2005) and a series of Curious Kids storybooks with educator guides for introducing research skills to children in grades 1–3. She recently edited From the Creative Minds of 21st-Century Librarians with Ruth V. Small and Barbara K. Stripling, a free downloadable e-book published by the Center for Digital Literacy (http://digital-literacy .syr.edu). She is creator of Curiosity Creek, an online site for children in which older children create stories and materials for their younger counterparts in Pre-K to Grade 3. The mission of Curiosity Creek is to stimulate inquiry, imagination, and inventive thinking in the context of environmental science.