Educational Media and Technology: A Conversation with Michael Levine, Ph.D.
2017-01-24 | New York, NY, New York, NY, United States
This event is open to the public. Join us for a conversation about education media between Michael Levine and Bill Baker. January 24, 5:30-8:30 pm Fordham University
12th-Floor Lounge | E. Gerald Corrigan Conference Center
Lowenstein Center | Lincoln Center Campus
5:30 p.m. – Doors Open
5:40 p.m. – Welcome and Introductions
5:50-7:10 p.m. – Lecture and Q&A
7:10-8:30 p.m. – Reception
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Future of Education Technology Conference
2017-01-24 - 2017-01-27 | Orlando, FL
This event is open to the public.
FETC is the largest national, independent education technology conference, delivering strategies and best practices for student success and school-wide advancement. Learn More

Sandbox Sports
2017-02-07 - 2017-02-08 | Washington, DC, Washington, DC, Select a Country:
This event is open to the public.

Join an unparalleled group of sports, health, fitness, media, entertainment, education, technology and non-profit leaders to explore Innovation and Impact in Kids & Family Sports, Fitness and Health. Our candid discussions will cover the latest global trends, opportunities and best practices for designing, developing and monetizing cross-platform products, programs and experiences for kids, families and educators. In true Sandbox style, our mix of dynamic presentations, panels, workshops and networking events promise to deliver the insights, strategies and connections that will guarantee a true return on your participation!
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Kidscreen Summit
2017-02-13 - 2017-02-16 | InterContinental Miami, 100 Chopin Plaza, Miami, FL, 33131, United States
This event is open to the public.

Kidscreen Summit is renowned as the kids entertainment industry’s most important annual event. In 2016, the conference welcomed nearly 1,800 attendees from more than 50 countries. Top executives attend Kidscreen Summit to take advantage of the year’s best business networking, and to engage in critical dialogue on issues that affect the industry.
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Beyond School Hours National Education Conference
2017-02-22 - 2017-02-25 | Atlanta, GA
This event is open to the public.

BSH provides vital professional development opportunities for educators and leaders working with students of all ages, across the learning day, all across America. Get big ideas for immediate results. Take home skills, tools, and a renewed passion for improving learning outcomes for young people across the entire day, through:

Hands-on workshops and pre-conferences led by national experts
Motivating keynote presentations and panel discussions
Powerful networking opportunities and celebrations
Fascinating educational excursions
Premium exhibits unveiling the latest products and solutions
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AASA National Conference on Education
2017-03-02 - 2017-03-04 | New Orleans, LA
This event is open to the public.The 2017 conference will focus on 7 major themes:
Common Core Standards and Assessments
Superintendent/School Board Relationships
Personalizing Education
Leadership
Instructional Leadership
Innovative Technology
Healthy School Environments
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SxSW Edu
2017-03-06 - 2017-03-09 | Venue Austin, TX, Austin, TX, United States
This event is open to the public.

Through powerful presentations from prominent and emerging leaders, SXSWedu explores a diverse range of topics that impact the future of how we teach, learn and grow.

Keynotes kick off each day of programming, while featured sessions headline each hour of the conference day and the closing program completes the event with a single stage lineup of dynamic voices. Learn more about the speakers already confirmed for March by clicking on their photo or browse by session titles in the online schedule.
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Cyberlearning 2017: What’s Next? Making Connections to Shape the Future
2017-04-18 - 2017-04-19 | Arlington, VA
Cyberlearning 2017 will facilitate connections among Cyberlearning researchers across disciplines and with practitioners and stakeholders. Together, attendees will envision a strong path forward for cyberlearning research, taking into account their aspirations and today’s uncertainties. The program will provide opportunities to share insights on cyberlearning designs, genres, and research methods.
Learn more and register for the webcast Featured PanelBroader Impacts: Connecting to Opportunities | April 18
Jamie Bell, Project Director, CAISELori Takeuchi, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame WorkshopJoseph South, Former Director, Office of Educational Technology at U.S. Department of Education

STEM researchers and those charged with developing broader impacts plans, activities and proposals are increasingly looking for innovative strategies and generative collaborations. Broadening participation of underrepresented groups in these activities is a particular challenge that designers and researchers of cyberlearning experiences are building knowledge about. After a brief review of how investments in infrastructure have changed the landscape of informal STEM education expertise and resources, this will be a facilitated discussion of what cyberlearning projects bring to the table.

Scratch Day
2017-05-01 - 2017-05-31
Scratch Day is a global network of events where people gather to celebrate Scratch, the free coding platform and online community for kids. Scratch Day events bring together young people from the Scratch community to share projects, learn from each other, and welcome newcomers.

This year’s celebration is during the month of May. Look for a Scratch Day in your community, or organize your own!
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Fred Forward Symposium 2017
2017-05-14 - 2017-05-16
Founded to bridge and build the fields of early learning and children’s media, the Fred Forward Conference brings together researchers, technologists, media creators, educators, and advocates, to explore current and emerging issues impacting the healthy development of children birth to age 8.

The goals of the Fred Forward Symposium are to provide a forum to empower parents and engage families as positive media mentors, share in developing and disseminating messages to improve outcomes for children and families, encourage participants to take action within their respective organizations, and explore the potential for new partnerships.

See the agenda here: http://www.fredrogerscenter.org/news-events/fred-forward-conference/fred-forward-symposium-agenda/

67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association
2017-05-25 - 2017-05-29 | San Diego, CA
The theme of the 67th annual International Communications Association conference is Interventions: Communication Research and Practice. The conference takes place in San Diego from May 25-29.

Cooney Center Senior Fellow Sarah Vaala will present “Parents’ reactions to Descriptions of Children’s Apps: Results from a Parent Survey Experiment” in a panel chaired by Matthew A. Lapierre and Erica Scharrer at 3:30pm on Monday, May 29.

On Thursday, May 25, the Center for research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media at the University of Amsterdam, the Center on Media & Human Development at Northwestern University, and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center present Invention & Intervention: Blending Research with Practice to Develop Effective Media for Youth, a preconference by the by the Children, Adolescents, and the Media division of the ICA. View the program here.
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Dust or Magic App Camp
2017-06-02 - 2017-06-04 | Venue Monterey, CA, Monterey, CA
A gathering of top children’s interactive designers, editors and reviewers who review the year and critique the field. The reviewers share what they’ve seen and explain what they like. The publishers demonstrate their latest apps.

What do you do at App Camp?
Give demos and get feedback from an expert audience.
Meet old friends, and make new ones.
Help critique the latest apps by way of demonstrations.
Get the latest news on hardware and app store policies.
Get a crash course of the “magic” of interactive engagement.
Leave inspired to make smarter, better products.
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NAEYC 2017 Professional Learning Institute
2017-06-11 - 2017-06-14 | San Francisco, CA
This year’s NAEYC Professional Learning Institute takes place in San Francisco, CA. This conference is designed for all early childhood professionals, including leaders who prepare, mentor, and support early childhood professionals, as well as program administrators, teacher educators, trainers, teachers, and researchers. Participants explore the expanding early childhood knowledge base, developing skills that improve professional preparation and practice, and discuss effective, active learning approaches for adults. Learn More

American Library Association 2017 Conference
2017-06-22 - 2017-06-27 | Chicago, IL
The ALA is the oldest and largest library association in the world and holds its Annual Conference & Exhibition each summer. As the world’s biggest library event, it brings together up to 25,000 librarians and library staff, educators, authors, publishers, Friends of Libraries, trustees, special guests and exhibitors to engage and participate in the ongoing transformation of libraries and to network. With around 2,500 scheduled events of which more than 500 are programs, sessions and in-depth facilitated and information conversations, attendees engage in a wide range of library- and professional development-related topics. The ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition brings together bestselling authors, experts, political luminaries, thought leaders and influencers in the library field and all over the world. Learn More

International Society for Technology in Education 2017 Conference
2017-06-25 - 2017-06-28 | San Antonio, TX, Select a Country:
Extraordinary educators deserve extraordinary professional development. At ISTE 2017 in San Diego, learn teaching strategies that work from the brightest minds in ed tech. Connect and learn from other innovative educators, thought leaders and education companies at the world’s most comprehensive ed tech meeting of the minds. Learn More

Media Literacy in Early Childhood Pre-Conference Symposium
2017-06-26 | Chicago, IL
The Technology in Early Childhood (TEC) Center at Erikson Institute, in partnership with The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), is hosting a one-day pre-conference symposium, Media Literacy in Early Childhood: A Critical Conversation on June 26, 2017, prior to NAMLE’s 2017 conference. The day will focus on why media literacy is a critical habit of mind and the set of skills for young children growing in the digital age.

Michael Levine will serve as a Working Group Leader for two sessions during the pre-conference:

10:45-11:45am
5 Essential Skills for Media Literacy

2:30-3:15pm
Teaching 5 Essential Skills to Media Mentors
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NHSA Early Childhood Innovation Summit 2017
2017-06-26 - 2017-06-28 | Salt Lake City, UT
From its earliest days, Head Start programs, rooted in diverse communities across the country, have had to make innovative adaptations based on local needs and resources. Many of those innovators and their innovations deserve national attention for their ingenuity and potential, yet most have remained unrecognized—in the Head Start community or outside in the larger early childhood community. Almost every one of the important innovations has not been scaled because of insufficient tools, resources, and entrepreneurial skills. Yet, at a time of great public interest in high quality early childhood education, Head Start’s “bright spots” have much to teach the nation.

This generative gathering in Salt Lake City, UT will focus on bringing practitioners together to surface their brightest ideas and explore opportunities for accelerating performance across the entire early childhood landscape. Program leaders from across the country will be inspired by their innovative peers, learn about opportunities with traditional and venture funders, deepen their understanding of the landscape of entrepreneurship, and build their skills for creative thinking and program design.
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National Association for Media Literacy Education Conference 2017
2017-06-26 - 2017-06-28 | Chicago, IL
The mission of the NAMLE conference is to explore the relationships between media literacy education, civic participation, and community-building within contemporary culture. The theme for this year’s conference in Chicago is “Engaging Citizens, Building Community.” Scholars, educators, media professionals, students, and activists interested in furthering media literacy education are encouraged to attend. Learn More

2017 Children’s Media Conference
2017-07-04 - 2017-07-06 | Sheffield, United Kingdom
The Children’s Media Conference is an annual event in the United Kingdom for those involved in developing, producing, and distributing content for kids. CMC opens its doors to delegates from television, radio, film, games, interactive media, magazine, and book publishing, the licensing and toy sectors and the arts and culture sectors.
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National Summer Learning Day 2017
2017-07-13
National Summer Learning Day is a national advocacy day aimed at elevating the importance of keeping kids learning, safe, and healthy every summer, ensuring they return to school in the fall ready to succeed in the year. Participation sends a powerful message across the nation that summers matter and offers an opportunity to showcase how summers can make a life-changing difference in the lives of young people.
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AFT TEACH Conference 2017
2017-07-20 - 2017-07-22 | Venue Washington D.C., Washington D.C., United States
TEACH (Together Educating America’s Children) 2017 will focus on the four pillars of strong and purposeful public education: promoting children’s well-being; supporting powerful learning; developing teacher and staff capacity; and fostering cultures of collaboration among educators, administrators, families and communities. The conference will take place in Washington, D.C.
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Games for Change Festival 2017
2017-07-31 - 2017-08-02 | New York, NY, New York, NY, United States
Discover how games can impact education, healthcare, research, civics, and social issues. The first two days of the Festival showcases the best and brightest game creators and changemakers with panels and keynotes, demos, networking events, and an expo. On the third day of the Festival the brand-new VR for Change Summit explores the positive power of virtual technologies in storytelling, science, and social justice. Learn More

EdNET Conference 2017
2017-09-17 - 2017-09-19 | Scottsdale, AZ
EdNET is a community of professionals in the education market, focused on staying informed and connected to collaborate and share ideas about market trends and opportunities in the PreK-12 education market. The EdNET Conference provides opportunities to exchange ideas and discuss market trends with industry stakeholders while forging new business relationships through productive networking.Learn More

Digital Kids Media Summit
2017-09-26 - 2017-09-27 | Venue Austin, TX, Austin, TX, United States
Digital Kids Summit 2017 is a two-day, industry exclusive forum that brings together a diverse group of high level advisors to inspire, support and inform Digital Tech Innovators about the imminent future of kids’ digital play and learning.Learn More

Digital Media and Learning Conference 2017
2017-10-04 - 2017-10-06 | Irvine, CA
The Digital Media and Learning Conference is an annual event supported by the MacArthur Foundation and organized by the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub located at the UC Humanities Research Institute, University of California, Irvine.

The conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialog and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice.
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2017 SLJ Leadership Summit: Confronting Our Literacy Crisis
2017-10-07 - 2017-10-08 | Nashville, TN
The 13th annual SLJ Leadership Summit: Confronting Our Literacy Crisis will bring together a dynamic group of school librarians, education leaders, and tech innovators, as well as authors, publishers, and vendor stakeholders to discuss how to take on a greater leadership role in overcoming the current literacy crisis—from teaching about and defending quality information over Fake News to fostering digital literacy and learning in these ever changing technological times. The 2017 Summit will surface current research about information literacy and showcase leaders who are accelerating their efforts to help shape a more proactive and impactful approach to this key work. Attendees will gain insight into the evolving and critical role of librarians in this ecosystem, models and tools to take back to their own schools, and vast informal learning from peer leaders from across the country. Learn More

NCFL Families Learning Conference 2017
2017-10-09 - 2017-10-11 | Tucson, AZ
The nation’s largest family and community literacy conference, presented by the National Center for Families Learning, takes place in Tucson, Arizona this year. Gather with family literacy professionals, educators, researchers, advocates, coalition members, and policy makers from across the United States for the latest resources in education, networking opportunities, and more.Learn More

National Summer Learning Association National Conference
2017-10-23 - 2017-10-25 | Venue Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix, AZ
Research confirms summer as one of the most inequitable times of the year for millions of young people in America and this year’s theme We’ve Got the Power! captures the critical work underway to change that. We’ve Got the Power! calls upon our collective will and the leadership of legions of educators, community members and corporate leaders to step up, speak out and stand in the gap for our nation’s children.

At this year’s conference, workshops will focus on four strands:

Effective Learning Approaches
Systems Building
Program Planning
Policy & Advocacy
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NAEYC Webinar: Tech in Early Childhood: Playful, Sensible Strategies for the Digital Age
2017-11-02 | Webinar, Select a Country:
Five years after releasing the joint position statement, Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8, Chip Donohue, Roberta Schomburg, and Sabrina Burroughs will be discussing further developments and findings on the use of technology and interactive media in early childhood programs. RSVP for the free webinar taking place Thursday, November 2 at 3pm ET.
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Dust or Magic 2017 Fall Institute
2017-11-05 - 2017-11-07 | Venue Lambertville, NJ, Lambertville, NJ
A group of reviewers, designers and researchers meet to review the past year in children’s interactive media, as well as the latest research, writing and trends. The three day event includes review of child development theory applied to the latest interactive media, plus demos, critiques, testing and brainstorming sessions. Learn More
