On January 24, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center released the results of a national survey of more than 1500 parents of children ages 2-10, and their perceptions of educational media use at home. Read on for slides from the Learning at Home Forum last week and highlights from the report. We were thrilled to see […]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Missed Opportunities? Tweens and Educational Media
January 28, 2014
Dale Kunkel, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Communication at the University of Arizona. He spoke as a provocateur at the Learning at Home Forum on January 24, 2014 in New York. Here, he shares his thoughts on the dearth of quality educational content for older kids on various platforms, including television, mobile devices, and video […]
“Educational Media” vs. Learning from Media?
January 28, 2014
David Kleeman, SVP, Insights Programs and PlayVangelist, PlayCollective, delivered these provocative remarks at the Learning at Home Forum in New York on January 24. The text of his commentary is posted below the video. You can read his blog post, “Kids and Educational Media: Desire to Learn vs. Design to Teach” on the Huffington Post. […]
How Can Public Media Help Foster Kids’ Learning?
January 27, 2014
Debra Sanchez is Senior Vice President for Education and Children’s Content Operations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She spoke as a provocateur at the Learning at Home Forum on January 24, 2014 in New York. Here, she shares her thoughts on media as a learning tool for children both as a public media professional […]
Remarks of Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, Learning at Home: Families’ Educational Media Use in America
January 27, 2014
Learning at Home: Vicky Rideout Presents Survey Findings
January 25, 2014
Interview with Vicky Rideout about Learning at Home Report
January 24, 2014
Learning at Home: Can Educational Media Jump-Start Learning in America?
January 24, 2014
Millions of American children received tablets, mobile phones, game consoles, and other screen devices over the holidays, making our youngest citizens an important force in media and technology consumption. At the same time, educators, policymakers and journalists like Amanda Ripley and Tom Friedman are bemoaning the lack of achievement motivation among America’s children as we […]
What Do Parents Really Think of Video Games? (Survey)
January 8, 2014
** The results of this survey are now available in the Digital Games and Family Life infographic series ** Back in 2012, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center embarked on a multi-stakeholder game design project, also known as “Hard Fun: Learning Mathematics,” funded by the NSF with lead designers at E-Line Media and premier researchers in […]
When Parents Define “Educational” Media, SpongeBob Sinks
January 29, 2014
Lisa Guernsey, Director of the Early Education Initiative at the New America Foundation, moderated the “Maximizing Impact” discussion at the Learning at Home Forum in New York on January 24. Her commentary on the report appears on Slate.com; an excerpt appears here with permission. Any self-respecting skeptic has to be careful with the word educational. Thousands […]