67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association
2017-05-25 - 2017-05-29 | San Diego, CA
The theme of the 67th annual International Communications Association conference is Interventions: Communication Research and Practice. The conference takes place in San Diego from May 25-29.

Cooney Center Senior Fellow Sarah Vaala will present “Parents’ reactions to Descriptions of Children’s Apps: Results from a Parent Survey Experiment” in a panel chaired by Matthew A. Lapierre and Erica Scharrer at 3:30pm on Monday, May 29.

On Thursday, May 25, the Center for research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media at the University of Amsterdam, the Center on Media & Human Development at Northwestern University, and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center present Invention & Intervention: Blending Research with Practice to Develop Effective Media for Youth, a preconference by the by the Children, Adolescents, and the Media division of the ICA. View the program here.
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Dust or Magic App Camp
2017-06-02 - 2017-06-04 | Venue Monterey, CA, Monterey, CA
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 make new ones.
Help critique the latest apps by way of demonstrations.
Get the latest news on hardware and app store policies.
Get a crash course of the “magic” of interactive engagement.
Leave inspired to make smarter, better products.
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Jean Piaget Society Annual Meeting 2017
2017-06-08 - 2017-06-10 | San Francisco, CA
The 47th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society takes place in San Francisco, CA from June 8-10, 2017. This year’s theme is Technologies and Human Development, wth a lens on child, youth, and adult learning and development with games, social media, digital archives as cultural tools.

Reesearcher Tamara Spiewak Toub will present “Navigating the world of digital apps: How parents choose apps for young children” at the “Taming Technology: Making Evidence-Based Decisions Regarding Digital Media” session at 3pm on June 8.

View the Jean Piaget Society website for more information.

NAEYC 2017 Professional Learning Institute
2017-06-11 - 2017-06-14 | San Francisco, CA
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 practice, and discuss effective, active learning approaches for adults. Learn More

American Library Association 2017 Conference
2017-06-22 - 2017-06-27 | Chicago, IL
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 transformation of libraries and to network. With around 2,500 scheduled events of which more than 500 are programs, sessions and in-depth facilitated and information conversations, attendees engage in a wide range of library- and professional development-related topics. The ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition brings together bestselling authors, experts, political luminaries, thought leaders and influencers in the library field and all over the world. Learn More

International Society for Technology in Education 2017 Conference
2017-06-25 - 2017-06-28 | San Antonio, TX, Select a Country:
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

Media Literacy in Early Childhood Pre-Conference Symposium
2017-06-26 | Chicago, IL
The Technology in Early Childhood (TEC) Center at Erikson Institute, in partnership with The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), is hosting a one-day pre-conference symposium, Media Literacy in Early Childhood: A Critical Conversation on June 26, 2017, prior to NAMLE’s 2017 conference. The day will focus on why media literacy is a critical habit of mind and the set of skills for young children growing in the digital age.

Michael Levine will serve as a Working Group Leader for two sessions during the pre-conference:

10:45-11:45am
5 Essential Skills for Media Literacy

2:30-3:15pm
Teaching 5 Essential Skills to Media Mentors
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NHSA Early Childhood Innovation Summit 2017
2017-06-26 - 2017-06-28 | Salt Lake City, UT
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 early childhood community. Almost every one of the important innovations has not been scaled because of insufficient tools, resources, and entrepreneurial skills. Yet, at a time of great public interest in high quality early childhood education, Head Start’s “bright spots” have much to teach the nation.

This generative gathering in Salt Lake City, UT will focus on bringing practitioners together to surface their brightest ideas and explore opportunities for accelerating performance across the entire early childhood landscape. Program leaders from across the country will be inspired by their innovative peers, learn about opportunities with traditional and venture funders, deepen their understanding of the landscape of entrepreneurship, and build their skills for creative thinking and program design.
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National Association for Media Literacy Education Conference 2017
2017-06-26 - 2017-06-28 | Chicago, IL
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

2017 Children’s Media Conference
2017-07-04 - 2017-07-06 | Sheffield, United Kingdom
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.
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National Summer Learning Day 2017
2017-07-13
National Summer Learning Day is a national advocacy day aimed at elevating the importance of keeping kids learning, safe, and healthy every summer, ensuring they return to school in the fall ready to succeed in the year. Participation sends a powerful message across the nation that summers matter and offers an opportunity to showcase how summers can make a life-changing difference in the lives of young people.
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AFT TEACH Conference 2017
2017-07-20 - 2017-07-22 | Venue Washington D.C., Washington D.C., United States
TEACH (Together Educating America’s Children) 2017 will focus on the four pillars of strong and purposeful public education: promoting children’s well-being; supporting powerful learning; developing teacher and staff capacity; and fostering cultures of collaboration among educators, administrators, families and communities. The conference will take place in Washington, D.C.
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Games for Change Festival 2017
2017-07-31 - 2017-08-02 | New York, NY, New York, NY, United States
Discover how games can impact education, healthcare, research, civics, and social issues. The first two days of the Festival showcases the best and brightest game creators and changemakers with panels and keynotes, demos, networking events, and an expo. On the third day of the Festival the brand-new VR for Change Summit explores the positive power of virtual technologies in storytelling, science, and social justice. Learn More

LEAP InnovatED Summit 2017
2017-08-28 | Chicago, IL
The LEAP InnovatED Summit is the convening for educators, edtech innovators, and civic and philanthropic leaders to inspire, imagine, and innovate a new future for education.

The Summit will feature a wide range of sessions on personalized learning, edtech, and other transformational topics led by local and national experts. The Learning Innovation Showcase will highlight Chicago’s most innovative school models and feature curated edtech companies from across the country.
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EdNET Conference 2017
2017-09-17 - 2017-09-19 | Scottsdale, AZ
EdNET is a community of professionals in the education market, focused on staying informed and connected to collaborate and share ideas about market trends and opportunities in the PreK-12 education market. The EdNET Conference provides opportunities to exchange ideas and discuss market trends with industry stakeholders while forging new business relationships through productive networking.Learn More

Digital Kids Media Summit
2017-09-26 - 2017-09-27 | Venue Austin, TX, Austin, TX, United States
Digital Kids Summit 2017 is a two-day, industry exclusive forum that brings together a diverse group of high level advisors to inspire, support and inform Digital Tech Innovators about the imminent future of kids’ digital play and learning.Learn More

Digital Media and Learning Conference 2017
2017-10-04 - 2017-10-06 | Irvine, CA
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, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialog and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice.
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2017 SLJ Leadership Summit: Confronting Our Literacy Crisis
2017-10-07 - 2017-10-08 | Nashville, TN
The 13th annual SLJ Leadership Summit: Confronting Our Literacy Crisis will bring together a dynamic group of school librarians, education leaders, and tech innovators, as well as authors, publishers, and vendor stakeholders to discuss how to take on a greater leadership role in overcoming the current literacy crisis—from teaching about and defending quality information over Fake News to fostering digital literacy and learning in these ever changing technological times. The 2017 Summit will surface current research about information literacy and showcase leaders who are accelerating their efforts to help shape a more proactive and impactful approach to this key work. Attendees will gain insight into the evolving and critical role of librarians in this ecosystem, models and tools to take back to their own schools, and vast informal learning from peer leaders from across the country. Learn More

NCFL Families Learning Conference 2017
2017-10-09 - 2017-10-11 | Tucson, AZ
The nation’s largest family and community literacy conference, presented by the National Center for Families Learning, takes place in Tucson, Arizona this year. 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 more.Learn More

National Summer Learning Association National Conference
2017-10-23 - 2017-10-25 | Venue Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix, AZ
Research confirms summer as one of the most inequitable times of the year for millions of young people in America and this year’s theme We’ve Got the Power! captures the critical work underway to change that. We’ve Got the Power! calls upon our collective will and the leadership of legions of educators, community members and corporate leaders to step up, speak out and stand in the gap for our nation’s children.

At this year’s conference, workshops will focus on four strands:

Effective Learning Approaches
Systems Building
Program Planning
Policy & Advocacy
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NAEYC Webinar: Tech in Early Childhood: Playful, Sensible Strategies for the Digital Age
2017-11-02 | Webinar, Select a Country:
Five years after releasing the joint position statement, Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8, Chip Donohue, Roberta Schomburg, and Sabrina Burroughs will be discussing further developments and findings on the use of technology and interactive media in early childhood programs. RSVP for the free webinar taking place Thursday, November 2 at 3pm ET.
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Dust or Magic 2017 Fall Institute
2017-11-05 - 2017-11-07 | Venue Lambertville, NJ, Lambertville, NJ
A group of reviewers, designers and researchers meet to review the past year in children’s interactive media, as well as the latest research, writing and trends. The three day event includes review of child development theory applied to the latest interactive media, plus demos, critiques, testing and brainstorming sessions. Learn More

Media Literacy Week
2017-11-06 - 2017-11-10
Media Literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, communicate, and create using all forms of communication. The mission of the United States Media Literacy Week is to highlight the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education today. There are countless ways to participate in Media Literacy Week and the Media Literacy community!Learn More

TELOS Learning Across Boundaries Symposium
2017-11-08 | Stanford University
Children’s learning experiences in home, school, and community settings are often disconnected from one another, and this challenge particularly affects those who are already under-served.

How might learning be better linked to support children’s development? How are some communities innovating to address this persistent challenge and how can digital technologies contribute toward solutions?

Join the TELOS Initiative and FamLAB for a special symposium highlighting ongoing national research presented by members of the FamLAB project (Families Learning Across Boundaries) and featuring examples of practice from Remake Learning, based in Pittsburgh.
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Global Education Conference
2017-11-13 - 2017-11-16 | Online
The Global Education Conference Network is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. Conference activities are designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. The event is free and takes place entirely online.Learn More

2017 NAEYC Annual Conference
2017-11-15 - 2017-11-18 | Atlanta, GA
The Annual Conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the largest gathering of thought leaders, classroom teachers and faculty, administrators, and other important practitioners and contributors in early childhood education.Learn More

Family Online Safety Institute Conference
2017-11-16 | Venue Washington D.C., Washington D.C., United States
The FOSI Annual Conference is the premier gathering of the online safety community. Hear from leaders in government, industry, the NGO sector as well as leading researchers, academics and practitioners in this growing space. This year’s theme is “Trust & Civility in a Challenging World”. The conference will address a wide range of issues that weaken trust, safety and civility online and the positive ways to respond to these challenges. Learn More

2018 Kids@Play Summit
2018-01-10 | Venue Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Kids@Play Summit looks at the new tools and services that digital natives use to learn, create and communicate. Attend a half-day conference and four day exhibition on the CES show floor promoting the next generation of digital hardware, software, and media for kids from toddler to high school.
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Future of Education Technology Conference
2018-01-23 - 2018-01-26 | Orlando, FL
For nearly 40 years, the Future of Education Technology Conference has gathered the most dynamic and creative education professionals from around the world for an intensive, highly collaborative exploration of new technologies, best practices and pressing issues. Its impact has been felt by thousands of districts, schools, educators—and ultimately students.
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2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits
2018-02-09 - 2018-02-13 | Venue Denver, Colorado, Denver, Colorado
The American Library Association invites you to join more than 8,000+ key library professionals from around the country for a series of presentations, panels, and exhibitions. With more than 450 exhibiting organizations, multiple pavilions, and stages featuring the hottest authors, and numerous related fun events, the ALA Midwinter Meeting is an exciting opportunity for learning, professional development, and networking.
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