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The GLS Conference is the premier event in the field of video games and learning. Now celebrating its tenth anniversary, this grassroots “indie” event continues to be one of the few destinations where the people who create high-quality digital learning media can gather for serious discussion about what is happening in the field and how the field can serve the public interest. The pre-conference Playful Learning Summit promotes professional development opportunities to celebrate and deepen educators’ use of games in…
E3 is the world's premier trade show for computer and video games and related products. The show is owned by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the U.S. association dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of the companies, publishing interactive games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal computers, and the Internet. Of particular interest is the 5th Annual Games and Learning Summit at 1:00 pm on June 10. Alan Gershenfeld (E-Line Media), Jessica Lindl (GlassLab), Ken Webber…
The so called “summer slide” in educational achievement hits young children from low-income families the hardest. Without opportunities to read together with adults, to practice new skills and to gain exposure to new words and ideas, far too many young children lose two to three months of reading skills each summer. Scholars have documented that two-thirds of the ninth-grade reading achievement gap can be attributed to this loss in the elementary school years alone. How can schools and communities address…
The 2014 Cyberlearning Summit will gather researchers focused on highlighting advances in the design of technology-mediated learning environments, how people learn with technology, and how to use cyberlearning technologies to effectively collect, analyze, and manage data to shed light on learning. The Summit provides a powerful forum for engaging around big ideas and preparing to communicate Cyberlearning impacts to broader audiences. http://circlcenter.org/events/cyberlearning-summit-2014/
The fifth annual Dust or Magic App Camp will take place at the Marconi Conference Center in Marshall, CA, where developers will gather to showcase and critique children's apps. This year's speakers include Ann McCormick (Founder, The Learning Company); Pierre Able (L’Escapadou), Gregg Spiridellis (JibJab Media), Daren Carstens (Carstens Studios); Barbara Chamberlin (NMSU Learning Labs); Caroline Hu Flexer (Duck Duck Moose); Jens Peter de Pedro (Toca Boca) and Mark Schlichting (NoodleWorks). View the Dust or Magic site for more information…
Connections by Design: Creating Media, Children, and Family Partnerships through Research, Collaboration, and Advocacy This year, the Fred Rogers Center marks its 10th anniversary, and asks "How do we help children grow as confident, competent, and caring human beings?" This year's conference invites media creators, scholars, educators, and advocates to share, listen, and inspire one another and to help children build consistent, positive, and meaningful connections with human beings and new media. The Cooney Center's Executive Director Michael Levine will…
The Games for Change Festival is the largest gaming event in New York City and the leading international event uniting games for change creators with those who believe in the positive power of digital games. This year, the Games for Change Festival is part of the Tribeca Film Festival and returning to NYU’s Skirball Center with inspiring speakers, great games, and exciting new events for its 11th year. The Cooney Center is proud to be a content partner for this…
On Wednesday, April 16 at 4pm ET, join us for a free EdWeb webinar featuring Michael Levine, executive director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and Vicky Rideout of VJR Consulting and author of Learning at Home: Families' Use of Educational Media Use in America. Webinar Room: http://www.instantpresenter.com/edwebnet16 Registration Link: http://www.instantpresenter.com/PIID=EC59DF81814F Ask any parent about their children’s media use, and most will tell you they’re interested in media that help their kids learn. But what are parents’ experiences with their…
Focusing on preschool and elementary education, the conference will include subjects such as research and design of educational tools, teaching and learning theories for early education, and educational technology. For more information, please visit the EETC website.
On April 1, Michael Levine will be the opening keynote speaker at the Young Learners Congress and Expo in Sydney, Australia. The founding director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center will speak the challenges of transforming teaching for today's tech-savvy students. The three-day event will feature other case studies and activities. Featured speakers include Warren Buckleitner of the Children's Technology Review and Rick Fernandez of the Fred Rogers Center. For more information, please visit the Young Learners website. The presentation…
Sandbox Summit, an idea forum focused on the intersection of play, learning and technology invites educators, researchers, developers, and innovators of kid-centric media to this annual event at MIT. Presented by MIT’s Comparative Media Studies and Education Arcade, Sandbox Summit@MIT will highlight some of the minds behind – and in front of- today’s revolutionary ideas, platforms, places and products. From toys and games, to schools, museums, media and marketing, you’ll hear about the ways and whys purposeful designs power playful…
The CoSN 2014 Annual Conference is designed for education leaders to better understand their changing roles in creating the new face of learning. On Thursday, March 20 at 4:00PM, join the Cooney Center for "Games and Inventive Technologies: A New Day for Learning," in which we will present findings from our second annual survey on teachers and digital games, which surfaced recommendations for future educational game development and advocacy. We will also present themes from the recent Comparative Analysis of…
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards invites all educators, advocates and policymakers to register for the inaugural Teaching & Learning 2014 conference on Friday, March 14, and Saturday, March 15, 2014, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. T&L 2014 is where the profession meets to secure the future of PreK-12 education. Through one-of-a-kind keynote speakers, inspiring panels and practical workshops, T&L 2014 will tackle some of the toughest challenges facing educators today and showcase solutions…
The DML2014 conference calls on all of us to build shared agendas and goals, to reach across the boundaries that separate our disciplines, fields, institutions, and sectors to re-imagine the where, when, and how of educational practice. On March 7 at 4pm, join the Cooney Center for "Creating Youth Builders – Promoting a New Game Design Ecosystem to Engage Hard-to-Reach Youth in Learning." Game-based learning has emerged as a promising area of innovation in making STEM content, critical skills, and…
If you're in Austin, join the Cooney Center at one of the panels that we are presenting. On Monday, March 3, Education Fellow Jessica Millstone will be part of "Listen Up! Speak Up! Game Up! A Game Data Discussion" -- This panel brings together education, game development and research experts come for a discussion of the ways games ignite the hunger for learning. You'll hear the perspectives of parents, teachers, and students as well as ideas for leveraging their diverse…
NAA is the membership association for professionals who work with children and youth in diverse school and community-based settings to provide a wide variety of extended learning opportunities and care during out-of-school hours. The conference promises over 100 engaging and innovative workshop sessions using experiential and inventive facilitation techniques. For more information, visit the National AfterSchool Association website.
The nation’s largest family and community literacy conference, presented by The National Center for Families Learning. 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 plenty more. For more information, please visit the NCFL website.
Over 1500 kids entertainment execs from around the world will attend the three day event to engage in critical dialogue on issues that affect the industry; take advantage of some of the industry’s best networking opportunities; recognize and understand current market needs, opportunities and challenges; learn more about key innovators and their vision; and find and share ideas that will drive their businesses forward. For more information, please visit the Kidscreen Summit website.
Join Education Fellow Jessica Millstone and Research Associate Briana Pressey for a free SchoolReach Professional Development webinar in which they will share new data on how teachers are using digital games in the classroom to support deeper learning. This work updates and expands on a 2012 survey that showed a majority of teachers are finding digital games to be catalyst for personalized student learning and more highly motivated and engaged students overall. The latest research also looked at the wider…
FETC, a division of 1105 Media Inc., is one of the largest conferences in the United States devoted to educational technology. The conference gives educators an opportunity to learn how to integrate different technologies across the curriculum – from kindergarten to college – while being exposed to the latest hardware, software and successful strategies on student technology use. FETC is designed for teachers, principals and deans, district administrators, curriculum designers, media specialists, technology directors and others. At 1:00 pm on…
On January 24, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center will host a forum featuring a cross-section of leaders from education, media, research, policy, and philanthropy at a forum in New York City as we release the results of the first national survey on children's educational media use. Conducted by the Cooney Center and renowned children’s media researcher Vicky Rideout, the nationally representative survey of nearly 1,600 parents of children ages 2-10 will provide a provocative platform for a day of action…
The Digital Book World conference will be held in New York City from January 13 to January 15, 2014. On January 13, Publishers Launch Conferences will once again complement Digital Book World Week with a full-day conference devoted to the key issues facing children’s book publishers in today’s digital transition. Launch Kids features top executives and innovators discussing the future of the children’s book publishing business. Focused on both traditional print publishers moving into the digital space and digital players partnering with established publishers,…
The Kids@PlaySummit is both a conference and an exhibition held at CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center each January. It explores the world of digital kids who are tomorrow’s digital citizens. This year's agenda includes sessions on "A Survivor's Guide to the Kid's Business," "Five Golden Opportunities for 2014," "Tablets, Glasses, Watches, Second Screens and Other Personalized Mobile Gadgets," and more. Check the website for a full agenda. http://kidsatplaysummit.com/
The 2013 International 1:1 Computing Conference is geared towards professionals who are interested in discussing the challenges and opportunities of 1:1 computing in the classroom. The conference aims to provide participants with "new knowledge, practical strategies and the opportunity to build a community of practice around using technology to transform classroom instruction and to deeply engage students through communication, collaboration, creation, and personalized learning. Participants will collect best practices that can be applied ‘just in time’ upon returning to their…
FabLearn 2013 is a venue for educators, policy-makers, students, designers, researchers, and makers to present, discuss, and learn about digital fabrication in education, the “makers” culture, and hands-on learning. Panels cover topics in education and research. Preview the papers that will be presented on the FabLearn 2013 website. http://fablearn.stanford.edu/2013/
EDUCause, the Higher Education IT conference, invites IT leaders and those involved in higher education IT, to network and explore content in a program developed by the IT community. With speakers from industry, associations, and higher education, the conference aims to expand awareness of challenges across the higher education landscape and identify opportunities to affect change at education institutions. It also features networking opportunities and an exhibit hall with over 220 showcased products. For more information, please visit the official…
This panel, organized by Nesta and the Serious Games Institute in the UK, brings together a diverse group of speakers to debate and discuss how game-based approaches can be used to improve learning and how such practices can be evaluated, encouraged and spread. Speakers will include Dr Jo Twist (UKIE), Rebecca Rufo-Tepper (Institute of Play), Charlie Love (Aberdeen City Council), and Martha Henson (London Educational Games Meetup, edugameshub). For more information and to register online, visit the Nesta website.
The fourth annual Education Nation Summit will take place at the New York Public Library and will gather more than 300 of the country’s thought leaders in education, government, business, philanthropy and media. The Summit will focus on what it takes for students to really succeed, and will include the second annual Student Town Hall and fourth annual Teacher Town Hall. Learn more.
The National Technology Leadership Summit (NTLS) brings together national leaders from educational associations, as well as editors of educational technology journals, directors of non-profit foundations, federal policy makers, and corporate representatives. Recommendations and guidelines emerging from the summit are published in a range of educational technology journals and are featured on the programs of educational conferences. The goal is to accelerate the meaningful impact of digital technologies in education for the 21st century. http://www.ntls.info/
The 25th annual EdNET event takes place this year in Denver, Colorado. This education industry event provides publishers, software developers, hardware manufactures, investors, industry analysts, and other professionals with the opportunity to network with other industry professionals, exchange ideas and discuss market trends, and forge new business relationships. Learn more about the conference at schooldata.com.
The World Congress of Play is the first conference that brings all the play industries together (toys, board games, video games, digital play, theme parks and more) to foster new relationships, new ideas, and new business in a rapidly changing market. Miles Ludwig, Managing Director, Content Innovation Lab at Sesame Workshop, will speak about how children interact with different platforms. For more information, visit http://www.worldcongressofplay.com/.
Attendees at the Serious Play Conference will hear the most successful design consultants, the leading developers and the top academic researchers and government consultants talk about what it takes to make effective games, sims and virtual worlds for education, corporate leadership development, non-profit organizations, health care and government/military training. Learn more.
EdmodoCon, an all-online festival of teachers who use Edmodo, allows teachers and all users to share share tips, ideas and practices. This free event presents an exciting professional development opportunity for teachers around the world to share how they use technology in the classroom. For more information, and to register, please visit the official site.
Our friends at Launchpad Toys are hosting a free webinar with edtech all stars, imcludig BrainPop, Spinlight, Graphite, and Motion Math to talk about apps for the elementary classroom. Join developers and teachers for this discussion on implementing educational apps in the classroom. The free webinar with take place via Google Hangouts and Twitter (follow #LaunchpadEDU) Sign up at the link below for a reminder email with a link to the webinar and for a chance to win a copy…
Games in Education is a multi-day symposium which focuses on the topic of using video games to supplement and inspire in-classroom education. Participants span early childhood through post secondary educators in New York’s Capital District and surrounding regions who are interested in finding ways to use video games and related technology to enrich and inspire interest by students in core curriculum topics. The symposium has run annually since 2007 and is free for educators to attend. Learn more.
The 2013 International Democractic Education Conference invites practitioners, organizers, academics, youth, and educators to discussions on how to build schools and learning opportunities so that all young people can engage meaningfully in their education and gain the tools to build a sustainable, and democratic world. In addition to a range of panels, including one with Sugata Mitra of the "Hole in the Wall" experiment, the conference also offers a range of professional development and networking opportunities. For more information, visit…
The 2013 Education Technology Innovation Summit is a one-day summit for educators to better understand what is new, trending, and innovative in education technology. ETIS 2013 will provide attendees the chance to hear from and network with industry leaders who are pioneering new products in the EdTech space. Sadaf Sajwani, the Center's Senior Project Manager, will be featured on a panel on Games and Learning. For more information, please visit the official site.
Join us for "The K-12 Market for Digital Games," a free EdWeb webinar on Monday, July 8, 2013- 4pm / Eastern Time. Dr. John Richards, President, Consulting Services for Education, Inc. and Adjunct Faculty, Harvard Graduate School of Education, will present an analysis that is the result of extensive market research and a series of over fifty structured interviews with leaders from the developer and publishing industries, and from the government, foundation, investment, and research communities. John will approach learning…
This year the IDC conference will be co-hosted by the New School and Sesame Workshop in New York City. The IDC's mission is to bring together researchers, designers and educators to explore new forms of technology, design and engaged learning among children. The conference incorporates papers, presentations, speakers, workshops, participatory design experiences and discussions on how to create better interactive experiences for children. Several of the workshops will also be child-friendly. IDC 2013 will offer a wide-ranging program, supporting and…
ISTE’s Annual Conference and Exposition is hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). This year is the 34th Annual Conference, featuring an array of professional learning and collaborative networking opportunities. View the full program on the ISTE Conference website.
The Games for Change Festival is the largest gaming event in New York City and the leading international event uniting "games for change" creators with those interested in accessing the positive social impact of games. The event invites developers, researchers, educators, policy-makers, and anyone interested in the field of games and social impact to engage in a conversation on, and demos of, games for change. This year, the Cooney Center will co-curate a day of events on Games for Learning…
This year marks the ninth annual GLS Conference at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The Games+Learning+Society Conference is known as a grass roots “indie” event where the people who create high-quality digital learning media can gather for a serious think about what is happening in the field and how the field can serve the public interest. The aim is to encourage in-depth conversation and social networking across diverse disciplines including game studies, education research, learning sciences, industry, government, educational practice, media design, and business.…
