Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Kidscreen Summit 2016
2016-02-08 - 2016-02-11 | InterContinental Miami, 100 Chopin Plaza, Miami, FL, 33131, United States
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- and deal-makers attend to engage in critical dialogue, network and find new ideas that will drive their businesses forward.

Digital Equity: Technology & Learning in the Lives of Lower Income Families
2016-02-03 08:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Washington, DC, Washington, DC, Select a Country:
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 will highlight the results of a nationwide survey of lower-income families, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will deliver opening remarks.

Key topics include:
Demographic differences in families’ online connectivity
Presence of digital devices and Internet connections in the home
Use of libraries and other community access points
Barriers to consistent access and implications of mobile-only connectivity
Experiences with subsidized Internet access
How families use digital technology for home-school connections and for informal learning
Untapped family and community assets that can be leveraged in digital equity programs.
Featured Speakers: Pat Esser
President of Cox Communications

Zach Leverenz
EveryoneOn

Sarah Morris
Policy Director, Open Technology Institute at New America

Jeff Chester
Center for Digital Democracy

Deb Socia
Next Century Cities

Craig Watkins
Professor, University of Texas, Austin
Author, The Young and the DigitalSusan Neuman
Professor, New York University
Author, Giving our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information CapitalVicky Rideout
Principal, VJR Consulting
Co-Director of the Digital Equity Study

Michael Levine
Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
Co-Author, Tap, Click Read: Growing Readers in a World of ScreensVikki Katz
Associate Professor, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University
Author, Kids in the Middle: How Children of Immigrants Negotiate Community Interactions for their FamiliesThe event will be livestreamed: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/digital-equity/Follow the discussion online by using #DigitalEquity and following @NewAmericaEd and @CooneyCenter

LearnLaunch 2016
2016-01-21 - 2016-01-22 | Cambridge, MA
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 following question: “Are we digitizing past practice or moving toward personalized learning?” The conference brings together a diverse set of voices to discuss the most challenging questions facing teachers and the edtech industry today, including entrepreneurs, educators, education administrators, investors, developers, students, and industry experts who are interested in the future and current state of educational technology in early education, K-12 education, higher education or continuing education.

Lisa Guernsey and Michael Levine will speak about Tap, Click, Read at 10:30 am on Friday, January 22.

See the website for more information about registration and a full agenda.

FETC 2016
2016-01-12 - 2016-01-15 | Venue Orlando, FL, Orlando, FL
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 educators and administrators the opportunity to explore the integration of technology across the curriculum — from kindergarten to college — through hands-on exposure to the latest hardware, software and successful strategies.

Lisa Guernsey will share insights from Tap, Click, Read as the keynote speaker for the Early Learning Summit on January 12. Guernsey will be addressing the quiet crisis of literacy in America and specific ways that parents,teachers and policymakers can improve it.

See more at: http://fetc.org/

Kids At Play Interactive Awards (at CES)
2016-01-07 | Venetian, Level 4, Lando 4301, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, United States
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 jurors and some special guests will be presenting awards to some of the most deserving people and products in the kids’ tech industry.

Meet, greet, and mingle with the toys, the tech and the people as we kick off 2016 the Year of the Digital Kids.

Teaching & Learning with the iPad 2015
2015-11-12 - 2015-11-14 | Raleigh, NC
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 conference has grown in attendance and breadth of content covered including keynotes, concurrent sessions and, new this year, extended workshop options. Attendees will come away with valuable information to enhance their own skills with the iPad as well as new resources to facilitate use of the device in the learning environment.Many of the topics, tips, and techniques covered at the conference can be leveraged by educators at any grade level, from K through 16+
Register here for the Teaching & Learning with the iPad 2015 Conference.

Diverse Families and Media: Using Research to Inspire Design
2015-10-30
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 newest publication, Diverse Families and Media: Using Research to Inspire Design.
The panels are: Designing for Diverse Families
Kevin Clark George Mason University
Claudia Haines Association for Library Service to Children
Aaron Morris PBSKids Michael Levine Joan Ganz Cooney Center (moderator) Opportunities to Support Home-School Connections Using Technology
Brigid Barron Stanford University
Carmen Gonzalez University of Washington
Eric Cuentos Mission Graduates
Margaret Caspe Klein Harvard Famiy Research Project
Karen Cator Digital Promise (moderator) If you are interested in joining us, please RSVP to lili.toutounas [at] sesame.org The event is co-sponsored by the Stanford Graduate School of Education, Digital Promise, LIFE Center, and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.

2015 ALAS Summit
2015-10-14 - 2015-10-17 | Albuquerque, NM
This conference is a collaborative, inclusive, nationwide community initiative involving educators and organizations at all levels. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for building education-related connections around the country. Additionally, this conference allows for a platform to present ideas, examples and projects related to connecting educational leaders with a strong emphasis on inspiring action towards solving real-world problems involving Latino students.

Click to learn more about the 2015 ALAS Summit.

Digital Kids Summit
2015-09-09 - 2015-09-10 | Children’s Creativity Museum, San Francisco, CA, United States
The Digital Kids Summit, will be taking place September 9-10, 2015 in San Francisco at the Children’s Creativity Museum.

DKS is the only event on the west coast focused on children’s digital media – covering both the entertainment and learning markets. DKS is a single-track, 2-day event limited to 220 guests, that guarantees great networking. Don’t forget, Earlybird Registration is now open.

Games in Education Symposium
2015-08-06 - 2015-08-07
Games in Education started as 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. In 2014, Games in Education added a free Teen Game Workshop to provide an opportunity for high school students to engage in game development. In 2015, Games in Education officially incorporated as a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization.

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EdmodoCon
2015-08-04 | Online
EdmodoCon helps teachers navigate the digital learning environment, and introduces them to new ideas and tools to improve student learning. Last year, more than 44,000 educators from 172 countries registered to virtually attend. This year, Edmodo welcomes Michael Horn, co-founder and executive director of education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, as the closing keynote, during which he’ll discuss how educators can design blended learning environments and harness its benefits—personalization, access, and equity at scale—to unleash student achievement. In addition, the event will feature a keynote address from Edmodo CEO Vibhu Mittal, eight teacher-led sessions on innovative ways to integrate technology in the classroom, and the unveiling of this year’s Edmodie Award winners.

Reserve your spot. EdmodoCon is Tuesday, August 4th.

Serious Play Conference
2015-07-21 - 2015-07-23 | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
The Serious Play Conference, now in our 5th year, is a leadership conference for professionals who embrace the idea that games can revolutionize learning. Speakers, who come from all parts of the globe, share their experience creating or using games in the corporation, classroom, healthcare institution, government and military and offer tips on how to move game-based education programs ahead.

At Serious Play, attendees listen, share and participate actively in informal sessions dedicated to the discussion of the future of serious games.

The Children's Media Conference
2015-07-01 - 2015-07-03
The Children’s Media Conference is the only gathering in the UK for everyone involved in developing, producing and distributing content to kids – on all platforms.

We welcome delegates from TV, interactive media, games, licensing, toys, radio, book and magazine publishing and the arts and culture sector – with speakers from all those areas and beyond.

It’s the only time when delegates from across our whole industry get together and, in the UK, it’s the best and most cost-effective way of meeting people relevant to your business.

Register here for CMC 2015 which runs from Wed 1 – Fri 3 July.

International Society for Technology in Education Conference
2015-06-28 - 2015-07-01 | Venue Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA
Big things happen at the ISTE Conference & Expo. Groundbreaking ideas are shared, new learning technologies are unveiled and seeds are planted that will impact education for years to come. Take your place among the trailblazers who are revolutionizing learning at ISTE 2015.

ISTE 2015 will feature an amazing array of professional learning and collaborative networking opportunities. Attendees can choose from more than 1,000 sessions in a variety of formats.

See the program guide for tips on how to navigate the program and session formats. Use the program search to find sessions that interest you and add them to your Favorites.

National Association for Media Literacy Education
2015-06-26 - 2015-06-27 | Venue Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, is ready to welcome the 2015 NAMLE conference. The dates are Thursday, June 25 for pre-conference sessions and an evening kick-off, and Friday and Saturday, June 26-27 for the full conference.

Plans are growing to make this the best NAMLE conference yet, with inspiring keynotes, interactive sessions, new research, innovative exhibitors and a great time for all.

The conference will be held at the beautiful Philadelphia Westin hotel, right in the heart of the city.

A conference planning committee is currently working on the details.

Interaction Design and Children
2015-06-21 - 2015-06-24 | Venue Boston, MA, Boston, MA
The 14th international conference on Interaction Design & Children will be held on June 21-24, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. The IDC conference’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.

IDC 2015 will offer a wide-ranging program, supporting and facilitating the exchange of ideas within and between all of these communities. The theme for this year is Empowering Children to Create. The focus will be on technology support for creativity, coding, and maker types of endeavors, with two related themes: Developmentally Appropriate Design and Innovative Interfaces.

E3 Expo
2015-06-16 - 2015-06-18 | Venue Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles Convention Center
E3 is the world’s premier trade show for computer, video and mobile games and related products. At E3, the video game industry’s top talent pack the Los Angeles Convention Center, connecting tens of thousands of the best, brightest, and most innovative professionals in the interactive entertainment industry. For three exciting days, leading-edge companies, groundbreaking new technologies and never-before-seen products will be showcased. E3 connects you with both new and existing partners and provides unprecedented exposure to emerging markets.

– See more at: https://www.e3expo.com

Digital Media and Learning Conference
2015-06-11 - 2015-06-13 | Venue Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA
The Digital Media and Learning Conference is an annual event supported by the MacArthur Foundation and organized by the Digital Media and Learning 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 dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. The sixth annual conference – DML2015 – is organized around the theme “Equity by Design.” This year’s conference calls on us all to promote equity in digital learning practices, and engage in thinking of solutions for addressing educational opportunity gaps in today’s technological world.

The DML2015 Conference will held between June 11-13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

Developing Apps For Kids Conference 2015
2015-06-07 | San Francisco, CA
This conference is for anyone working in the children’s app space. It is the go-to event for app developers, designers, illustrators, marketers, and other professionals who are working in the kid app and kid tech space.

The conference will bring together industry leaders, top reviewers, and visionaries to discuss trends and innovations, best practices, and common challenges facing kid app developers. Experts will offer advice on creating apps, marketing and discovery, monetizing, consolidation of the industry, working with brands, and more.

This event will host a series of panel discussions with audience questions and comments encouraged at the end of each panel; and it will end with a networking session. During the free lunch, participants can sign up to demo their app for the attendees and speakers. Attendees are encouraged to bring business cards and other materials to place on a “Sharing Table” (plan for 100).

Sunday, June 7, 2015 from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (PDT)

Dust or Magic AppCamp 2015
2015-05-31 - 2015-06-02 | Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey, CA, United States
The idea for AppCamp came pre-iPad after several Dust or Magic Institute attendees from the West Coast wanted a Dust or Magic event on the west coast.

We knew that a flood of apps was on the way, and that these products would need to be properly critiqued, debated and understood.

As with all CTR-related work — AppCamp is independent; there are no sponsors or associations with Google, Apple or hidden commercial interests. The event is supported by registration fees; it is not exclusive to any organization or media outlet.

Watch the video below for an overview. Click here for more information.

Webinar: Betting on Elmo, Martha, and Lena: The Promise of Technology to Reach & Support Parents in Creating Literacy and Language Rich Environments
2015-05-27
Parents are too often an untapped asset in building young children’s pathways to literacy and overall success. They, more than anyone else, can have the greatest impact on children reading proficiently by the end of third grade when they create literacy- and language-rich environments, a key indicator of school readiness. Technology can be a powerful tool to reach the numbers of parents we need to reach. But how might we better use technology in ways that promote science-based learning and development that will promote both deeper human relationships and stronger 21st century skills? What are the best technology tools and how do we get these into the hands of low-income families? What models can we learn from? And how do we measure and track our efforts? In this webinar, we will view and discuss several 3-5 minute videos that spotlight how pioneering early childhood professionals are using technology to reach families.

Join Lisa Guernsey, Director: Learning Technologies & Director: Early Education Initiative, and Michael Levine, Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop in this interactive webinar hosted by the Campaign for Grade Level Reading to learn about what research tells us about the promise and challenges of today’s ubiquitous media and technology environment. Based on the findings in their forthcoming book, Tap, Click Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens, they will recommend effective, modern ways to support parents, educators and other community leaders in creating literacy- and language-rich environments.

Register for the webinar here

International Communication Association's 65th Annual Conference
2015-05-21 - 2015-05-25 | San Juan Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Communication Across the Life Span
The 2015 conference theme “Communication Across the Life Span” encourages academics to explore the various ways in which our discipline provides a lens for interpreting the evolving meanings, relationships, experiences, and critical crossroads of the life course. Technological evolution, economic changes, medical advancements, environmental turbulence, political movements, and other evolving circumstances not only influence our experiences across the life span, but also the development of social policies and ethical frameworks that shape societies. Across domains, life-span dynamics are inseparable from the communication processes surrounding them.

This year’s conference theme seeks to explore the multiple ways communication affects, reflects and directs life’s trajectory. As we grow up and grow old, embrace new experiences, try on new roles, and adopt new media technologies, our sense of time, space, connection, and identity are fundamentally explored through communication. The questions of why, how, with whom, and to what end humans communicate reflect and shape their ever-changing life-span position. And, while the “life span” can be conceived as a continuum, it is also one hinged by critical junctures and bound by cultural definitions that can be better understood through communication.

Early registration ends May 1, 2015.

Click here for more information.

Transformational Experiences Summit
2015-04-30 | Unnamed Venue, Pittsburgh, PA
The inaugural Transformational Experiences Summit will focus on the art, science and design of making media that matters. The summmit will explore experiences that span learning, health, training, social impact, civics, entertainment and more; made through media that range from games, animation, location-based installations, augmented reality, mobile devices, robotics, interactive performances, transmedia storytelling, etc.

The Cooney Center’s Michael Levine will speak at 3:45 on “Early Learning and Tech: Pathways to ‘Readialand.'”

Learn more and register for the conference at http://tes.etc.cmu.edu/

Games for Change Festival
2015-04-21 - 2015-04-25 | New York, NY, New York, NY, United States
The Games for Change Festival is the leading international event uniting game creators with those who believe in the positive power of digital games. The 2015 G4C Festival will again join the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City from April 21-23 & 25.

See videos, photos, and articles from 2014.

http://www.gamesforchange.org

Conversations with Authors Webinar Series: Pioneering Literacy in the Digital Age
2015-04-20 | Webinar, Select a Country:
In a world where young children are surrounded by media choices, can digital tools be better deployed to enhance early literacy skills?

Lisa Guernsey (Director, Early Education Initiative and Director, Learning Technologies Project New America) and Michael Levine (Executive Director, The Joan Ganz Cooney Center) will address this question and share findings from their forthcoming book, Tap, Click, Read, which analyzes the current digital media and literacy marketplace.

These experts in early childhood program and policy development will also share findings from The Seeding Reading Project, a multi-year initiative that examines if and how digital media can be used in early childhood programs to support literacy development. The initiative is led by New America and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and supported by the Pritzker Children’s Initiative.

You’ll leave this webinar with practical strategies and best practices for the use of digital tools by early childhood professionals and parents.

This webinar takes place on April 20, 2015, from 3:00- 4:30pm Eastern Time.

Click here to register.

CHI Conference
2015-04-18 - 2015-04-23 | Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of
For over 30 years, the CHI conference (pronounced ‘kai’) has attracted the world’s leading researchers and practitioners in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) from businesses and universities to share ground-breaking research and innovations related to how humans interact with digital technologies. The Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) CHI conference is the world’s premiere conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, presenting a highly selective showcase of the very best advances across the disciplines of computer science, cognitive psychology, design, social science, human factors, artificial intelligence, graphics, visualization, multi-media design and other disciplines.

http://chi2015.acm.org

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
2015-04-16 - 2015-04-20 | Venue Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL
The AERA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of scholars in the field of education research. It is a showcase for ground-breaking, innovative studies in a diverse array of areas — from early education through higher education, from digital learning to second language literacy. It is where to encounter ideas and data that will shape tomorrow’s education practices and policies, and where to connect with leading thinkers from the U.S. and around the world. The 2015 Annual Meeting, with an expected attendance of more than 14,000, will feature over 2,600 sessions.

LITERACY FOR ALL: ACCELERATING OUTCOMES THROUGH COLLECTIVE IMPACT
2015-04-14 | Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10017, United States
The International Literacy Association invites you to join a critical discussion among cross-sector leaders on what is required to motivate action and accelerate outcomes for the millions of illiterate people around the world.

How can educators, governments, and private sector and philanthropic leaders collaborate to develop, assess and share approaches that work in advancing literacy?

This discussion marks an important first step in building a coalition dedicated to collectively addressing the solvable problem that is illiteracy today.

Tuesday, April 14, 3:00PM to 5:00PM

Click here for more information and to register.

2015 Ideas & Innovations Virtual Conference
2015-03-23 - 2015-03-25
Ideas & Innovations is a professional learning virtual conference, March 23-25, brought to you by Share My Lesson in partnership with content leaders, authors and experienced educators. With 29 sessions to choose from, there’s something for every new or experienced educator, PreK-12, spanning all subject areas from arts education, science and math to integrating technology and games into the classroom.

www.sharemylesson.com/Conference

Playing to Learn: Lessons From Game Design Gurus
2015-03-16
How can the engaging power of games be used to promote playful learning? Three design experts share lessons learned from applying the latest research to produce games that are both popular and transformative. Whether the aim is to tap into a parent-focused consumer market, enter the formal K-12 space, support informal spaces like museums and libraries or just build a more effective user experience, this session will address the potential for games and learning. Panelists will take us behind the scenes of successful groups like LEGO and Nickelodeon to offer best practices for research gathering, iterative design and user feedback. After sharing examples of their most recent successes and failures, the panel will answer questions from the audience.

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s Managing Director, Michelle Miller, will be moderating this panel!

http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_IAP39174
