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Name: Technology and Media in Children’s Development Conference
Start: 2016-10-27T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2016-10-30T23:59:59-04:00

Here are some upcoming events that we think will be of interest to our readers. If you would like to submit an event to be listed here, please contact us.

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October 2015

Diverse Families and Media: Using Research to Inspire Design

Oct 30 2015 | Category: Community, Cooney Center, Cooney Center presenting

On Friday, October 30, the Families and Media Project is hosting a morning of discussions about the need to create diverse media for children and families and to launch our

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November 2015

Teaching & Learning with the iPad 2015

Nov 12 2015 | Raleigh, NC | Category: Community

Teaching & Learning with the iPad began four years ago to provide teachers, administrators, schools and school districts guidance as they implemented the use of iPads in the classroom. The

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January 2016

Kids At Play Interactive Awards (at CES)

Jan 7 2016 | Venetian, Level 4, Lando 4301 | Category: Community

The 6th Annual KAPi (Kids at Play Interactive) Awards celebrate excellence in children’s media. Emcees Warren Buckleitner of Children’s Technology Review, Robin Raskin of Living in Digital Times, the KAPi

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FETC 2016

Jan 12 2016 | Venue Orlando, FL, Orlando, FL | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

The Future of Education Technology Conference brings together education leaders and technology experts to exchange techniques and strategies for teaching and learning success. Known worldwide for its outstanding program, FETC provides

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LearnLaunch 2016

Jan 21 2016 | Cambridge, MA | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

The LearnLaunch Across Boundaries conference, co-hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Business School, aims to promote dialogue about digital learning. The fourth annual conference will examine the

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February 2016

Digital Equity: Technology & Learning in the Lives of Lower Income Families

Feb 3 2016 | Washington, DC | Category: Cooney Center, Cooney Center presenting

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center, Rutgers University, and New America are hosting Digital Equity: Technology & Learning in the Lives of Lower Income Families on February 3, 2016. The forum

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Kidscreen Summit 2016

Feb 8 2016 | InterContinental Miami, 100 Chopin Plaza | Category: Community

Kidscreen’s premier annual event, which has quickly grown into the world’s leading conference on the business of kids entertainment, hosting more than 1,600 attendees from around the world. Top decision-

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Toy Fair NY 2016

Feb 13 2016 | Venue Jacob Javitz Center, New York, NY, Jacob Javitz Center, New York, NY | Category: Community

Toy Fair 2015 opened its doors to thousands of registered global play professionals to explore a record-breaking 422,000+ net square feet of exhibit space filled with hundreds of thousands of toys, games

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Digital Kids Conference NYC 2016

Feb 15 2016 | New York, NY, New York, NY | Category: Community, Sesame Workshop presenting

Digital Kids™ Conference returns to New York on February 15-16, 2016. The conference is geared toward brand owners, game developers, entertainment and media executives, marketers, producers, digital media directors and

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March 2016

SXSW Early Learning Summit

Mar 8 2016 | Venue Austin, TX, Austin, TX | Category: Cooney Center presenting

While meeting the needs of our youngest children is proven to open endless opportunities to realize human potential for health, happiness, and a lifetime of making meaningful contributions, the early

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Tap, Click, Read: EdWeb Webinar

Mar 29 2016 | Webinar | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

With young children gaining access to a dizzying array of games, videos, and other digital media, will they ever learn to read? The answer is yes—if they are surrounded by

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April 2016

CoSN 2016 Annual Conference

Apr 4 2016 | Washington Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Ave NW | Category: Cooney Center presenting

Technology is constantly changing the way students learn and how teachers teach. School systems are in the midst of a digital leap, moving away from the traditional into the world

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LEGO Idea Conference

Apr 11 2016 | Category: Community

The three-day conference offers a vibrant, playful and thought-provoking environment for group dialogues and impactful workshops. Our conference design asks for active involvement, as well as a willingness to dare

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Games and Media Summit

Apr 18 2016 | New York, NY, New York, NY | Category: Community

At the 2016 Games and Media Summit you’ll meet innovative speakers and creators who are leading the charge in shaping the way we feel, play, work and interact with games, technology, and

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Sandbox Summit 2016

Apr 18 2016 | Cambridge, MA | Category: Community

The benefits of play are well known: it’s how kids learn; it encourages creativity; it relieves stress; and more than ever, it’s a way we interact with others. Incorporating play

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Dust or Magic Highlights Retreat

Apr 24 2016 | Category: Cooney Center presenting

The fourth Dust or Magic Highlights retreat will take place at the beautiful Highlights Foundation in Boyds Mills, PA. We’ll expand on the agenda of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair Masterclass,

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May 2016

Scratch Day

May 14 2016 | Category: Community

Scratch Day is a global network of events that celebrates Scratch—and the young people who code and create with it. With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations,

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National Geographic BioBlitz 2016

May 20 2016 | Category: Community

What is a BioBlitz?A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. At

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June 2016

Developing Apps for Kids Conference 2016

Jun 15 2016 | San Francisco, CA | Category: Community

The Developing Apps for Kids Conference is for anyone working in the children’s app space. It is the go-to event for app developers, designers, illustrators, marketers, toy companies, funders, and

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Media Mentors: Helping Children Build Literacy Skills for the Digital Age Webinar

Jun 16 2016 | Webinar | Category: Cooney Center presenting

With young children gaining access to a dizzying array of games, videos, and other digital media, will they ever learn to read? The answer is yes—if they are surrounded by

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Games for Change Festival

Jun 23 2016 | New York, NY, New York, NY | Category: Community

The 2016 Games for Change Festival offers two days of exciting keynotes, panels, mini talks, networking events, and workshops, where you and the 800 other attendees of the Festival will meet experts, connect with

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July 2016

Webinar: Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens

Jul 21 2016 | Online | Category: Cooney Center presenting

With young children gaining access to a dizzying array of games, videos, and other digital media, will they ever learn to read? The answer is yes—if they are surrounded by

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August 2016

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

Aug 2 2016 | Washington, DC | Category: Cooney Center presenting

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

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Games+Learning+Society Conference

Aug 17 2016 | Venue Madison, Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin | Category: Community

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

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Revolutionary Learning 2016

Aug 17 2016 | New York, NY, New York, NY | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

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

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September 2016

Digital Kids Summit

Sep 13 2016 | San Francisco, CA | Category: Community

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

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2016 International Mind, Brain and Education Society (IMBES) Conference

Sep 15 2016 | Venue Toronto, Canada, Toronto, Canada | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

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

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October 2016

Digital Media and Learning Conference 2016

Oct 5 2016 | Irvine, CA | Category: Community

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

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Intentional Play Summit

Oct 7 2016 | Mountain View, CA | Category: Community

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

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Families Learning Summit 2016

Oct 17 2016 | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

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)

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Technology and Media in Children’s Development Conference

Oct 27 2016 | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

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

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