Cooney Center fellow Christina Hinton is moderating a panel at the Digital Media and Learning (DML) Conference called Getting Global With It: Youth Global Participation in the Digital Age With an internationally interdependent economy, unprecedented levels of migration, and a continuous stream of information circulating the planet, children are growing up in a globalized world. […]
Monthly Archives: March 2013
A Sandbox for Learning: SimCityEDU
March 13, 2013
I’m old enough (or young enough, based on whom you ask) to have fond memories of experimenting with both SimCity 2000 and SimCity 3000, the first two sequels to Will Wright’s popular SimCity game. The ability to design and wreak havoc on my own community offered mixed feelings of power and helplessness that, as a […]
Creating Solutions for Literacy Problems is Not for the Faint of Heart
March 7, 2013
What really matters for early-grade reading? That’s a question we tackled in a recent paper for policy makers and other non-academic audiences, titled “Launching Successful Readers: The Role of ICT in Early-Grade Literacy Success.” Our aim was to help guide and frame discussions about how to have more effective investments in technology for early-grade literacy, […]
The Education Software Association Foundation’s Education Challenge Grant
March 5, 2013
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center is proud to partner with the Education Software Association (ESA) Foundation on a number of initiatives, including our very own National STEM Video Game Challenge. We are especially excited about the ESA Foundation for the Education Challenge Grant, which launched this winter. The program recognizes and rewards educators who “incorporate creativity […]
Running on STEAM
March 12, 2013
Over the past decade, the steady increase in the accessibility of the Internet has put new technologies at the fingertips of many. This evolving platform presents a niche for the development of digital literacy and a growing market for information technologies. With deep commitment to a mission serving the youth who need us most, my […]