education

iPad and Skills: Not Just A Cool Toy

by Sarah Vaala
April 3, 2012

Part Two of Cooney Center Fellow Sarah Vaala’s day spent observing children with developmental disabilities and iPads. Part One focused on the affordances of the iPad. Part Two focuses on

iLearn More

by Carly Shuler
January 13, 2012

Carly Shuler is a researcher, developer, and author in the children’s media and toy industry. As our inaugural Fellow, Carly has researched and authored a number of Cooney Center reports,

SXSWedu seeks to converge the wide variety of stakeholders who share an interest in 21st Century innovation and best practices. The attendees represent not only education professionals including teachers, administrators

Entrepreneurship Meets Education

by Carly Shuler
August 30, 2011

Technology has transformed many things. Most things. I remember one of my amazing professors at the Harvard Ed School, the venerable Chris Dede, asking us to imagine walking into a

More on E3 and the Games and Learning Summit

by Zachary Levine
June 20, 2011

Last week, Zachary Levine shared his thoughts on the future of educational games after attending the E3 Expo in Los Angeles. Here is his report on the Games and Learning

Learning from Learning from Hollywood

by Meryl Alper
May 20, 2011

While managing the @cooneycenter Twitter feed and live blog during this week’s Learning From Hollywood Forum, my mental gears were continuously whirring. Rich threads of conversation spun back and forth

The Wall Must Come Down

by Gary E. Knell
April 14, 2011

This May, a group of leaders from the creative media industries, education, research, policy, and philanthropy will come together at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts for the Joan Ganz Cooney

The Reformers Are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century

by Marc Prensky
March 1, 2011

Why most U.S. school reformers are on the wrong track, and how to get our kids’ education right for the futureWhat President Obama said: “We need to out-educate.”What Obama should

The iTot Challenge: Getting Young Children Ready in the Jetsonian Age

by Michael H. Levine, Ph.D.
January 26, 2011

Reprinted from Huffington Post. As President Obama discusses our State of the Union with a much needed focus on innovation, education and investment in America’s future, let’s focus on one

What We’re Reading: January 6, 2011

by Catherine Jhee
January 6, 2011

Here are some of the stories and videos that caught our interest this past week – highlights feature the growing movement to include iPads in the classroom and a Q&A

Tag Archives: education

iPad and Skills: Not Just A Cool Toy

iLearn More

SXSWEdu

Entrepreneurship Meets Education

More on E3 and the Games and Learning Summit

Learning from Learning from Hollywood

The Wall Must Come Down

The Reformers Are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century

The iTot Challenge: Getting Young Children Ready in the Jetsonian Age

What We’re Reading: January 6, 2011