When I was a kid, one of my favorite parts of the week was the recurring Friday night game session at my house. It usually consisted of my dad stoking the fire, my sister watching TV, and my mom and me embroiled in a fierce competition of Chinese Checkers or Othello. There may have been times […]
Monthly Archives: January 2017
The Family That Plays Together, Stays Together
January 30, 2017
Digital Games and Family Life: Families Play Both Board/Card Games and Digital Games Together
January 30, 2017
As part of our Families and Media Project, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center conducted a survey of nearly 700 parents whose 4-13-year old children play video games. We are pleased to present this data as a series of infographics, each featuring a particular facet of video games and family life. Here, we explore the mix of board/card […]
Reframing the Digital Divide: Parents’ Hopes and Concerns About Classroom Technology
January 12, 2017
The Cooney Center’s second installment of the “Reframing the Digital Divide” infographic series presents lower-income parents’ responses to classroom technology use. Eighty percent of surveyed parents think technology improves the quality of education, but significant groups of parents—particularly those who belong to historically marginalized groups—don’t know how much time their child spends using digital devices […]
Welcome 2017: The Center’s Tenth!
January 4, 2017
Welcome 2017! For the Joan Ganz Cooney Center team, this is a very special year. In December, we will celebrate our tenth year as an organization dedicated to advancing learning for children in the digital age. For those who follow our work closely, you will recall our first report—an analysis of the rapidly evolving digital […]