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Language Development and Family Engagement in the Digital Age A Network-Building Institute for Next Generation Leaders

On August 2-3, 2016, New America and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop will co-host an invitation-only network building and leadership development institute for community leaders, policymakers, and researchers in the fields of family engagement and early literacy who are interested in new approaches for the Digital Age. Partners in this institute include the
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Games+Learning+Society Conference

The GLS Conference is the premier video games and learning event. Now in it’s twelfth year,  our event continues to be one of the top destinations where the people who create and research high-quality digital learning media can gather to discuss and help shape the direction of the field. GLS is best known for its
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Revolutionary Learning 2016

Revolutionary Learning 2016 will feature hands-on workshops, educational keynotes, a Local Game Jam, a Revolutionary Game Arcade, and ample networking activities designed to connect attendees with professionals who will inspire. Colleagues and thought leaders from the cutting edge of learning will be in attendance – it’s the one place to truly learn from each other. Featured Session:
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Digital Kids Summit

The Summit brings together thought leaders focused on emerging technology, ed tech and the intersection of learning and entertainment in every aspect of the kids’ business – whether looking for inspiration, product development, or service support for launching a never-before seen product or looking for practical advice for creating a sustained and profitable business all
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2016 International Mind, Brain and Education Society (IMBES) Conference

The mission of IMBES is to facilitate cross-cultural collaboration in biology, education and the cognitive and developmental sciences. The 2016 conference will focus on the learning, the process and the future of Mind, Brain and Education (MBE) work. In addition to hearing about new exciting research, speakers will discuss the challenges and their learning, and attendees
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Digital Media and Learning Conference 2016

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,
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Intentional Play Summit

The Intentional Play Summit is an opportunity to convene and ask, how can we develop more meaningful gameplay? How can we better leverage that gameplay to teach and motivate? It will be a day full of learning, networking, and inspiration. The Intentional Play Summit is a full day event with keynote speakers, breakout sessions, round
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Families Learning Summit 2016

This year’s Families Learning Summit will bring two-generation family engagement to life for hundreds of attendees on October 17-19, 2016, in Detroit, Mich. The National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) has hand-picked sessions and speakers covering everything from early literacy to adult education, and digital learning to community coalitions and family engagement research. On Tuesday,
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Technology and Media in Children’s Development Conference

The use of digital devices and social media is ubiquitous in the environment of 21st century children. From the moment of birth (and even in utero), children are surrounded by media and technology. This meeting will provide a forum for intellectual and interdisciplinary exchange on media and technology in development and is designed to appeal
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2016 NAEYC Annual Conference

The 2016 NAEYC Annual Conference November 2-5 will bring educators from across the country and around the world to Los Angeles, CA to participate in hundreds of well-planned workshops, seminars, and presentations on the latest research and information on early childhood development. Join Michael Levine and Lisa Guernsey, authors of Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in
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Student-Led Game Making and Learning Webinar

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST Explore how teachers can use student-led game-making to enrich learning. The panelists review the protocols of game-making, types of student-made games that are well suited for schools, what makes games engaging, and how various cross-curricular content areas come alive in games. Jordan Shapiro, renowned
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2016 National STEM Video Game Challenge Awards Ceremony & Reception

Inspired by President Obama’s Educate to Innovate Campaign to promote a renewed focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, the National STEM Video Game Challenge taps into middle and high school students’ passion for playing video games and motivates them to work as individuals or in teams to design and make original, playable
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Webinar: The Evolution of Literacy in the Digital Age

This event is free and open to the public. Young children’s developing brains are learning to follow the sequence of a narrative as well as develop the complex literacies that are demanded by our digital and global age. In this webinar, Tap, Click, Read authors Michael Levine and Lisa Guernsey will discuss how content creators
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