Events

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Learn More