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EdWeb Webinar: Put Down Your Pencils & Play
by Cooney Center Team | May 15, 2012
Join the Cooney Center's Executive Director Michael Levine and Research Consultant Jessica Millstone for a webinar hosted by EdWeb's Game-Based Learning Community on May 31, 2012 at 4pm.
In "Put Down Your Pencils and Play: Using Digital Games Successfully in the Classroom," we will take a look at the just-released findings of a year-long research project, sponsored by BrainPOP and the Gates Foundation, that investigates teachers' attitudes and beliefs on game-based learning.
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by Cynthia Chiong, PhD | May 15, 2012 | View Bio | 
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In January, we introduced Cooney Center Research Associate Cynthia Chiong's new website, A Matter of App, in which she rates educational apps for children. Fifty reviews later, she shares what she has learned along the way.
THE BIG 5-0. Fifty reviews, that is. Woo-hoo! This has been quite a learning process for me. I started out with the goal of seeing what's out there in the app world for kids, and I must admit that my goal has shifted a bit now to seeing what I want to be out there. As a result, I've been setting the bar higher. I've barely given out any 5 star ratings -- just five in all. I'd love to be giving out more! So instead of doing a "best of" list to celebrate the big 5-0, I thought I'd do more of a Top 5 Wish List -- things I'd like to see more of:
More than Fun and Games at the NSVF Summit
by Jessica Millstone | May 10, 2012
Teaching with Digital Games in the Classroom
by Jessica Millstone | May 2, 2012
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Teachers College Educational Technology Conference
May 19 - 20, 2012 | New York, NY - Columbia University
TCETC 2012 will take place on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20, 2012 at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. This conference will serve as a multi-disciplinary forum for graduate students to discuss and exchange information on the research, development and applications of emerging technologies in PK-12 classrooms, at home environments and afterschool programs, distance learning settings, higher education, and corporate learning environments. Lori Takeuchi, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center's Director of Research, will be a guest speaker at the conference. http://blogs.tc.columbia.edu/tcetc/
May 20 - 22, 2012
For the third year, designers and researchers interested in children’s apps will meet at Asilomar Conference Grounds on the Monterey Peninsula for the Dust or Magic Children’s App Design Institute. The three-day event includes sessions on child development, demos, critiques, testing and brainstorm sessions, including time with children talking about what they like and hate when it comes to app design. Speakers have been carefully selected to include relevant reviewers and designers with a track record in shaping the children's interactive space. http://www.childrenssoftware.com/dustormagic/
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