Joan Ganz Cooney Center

National Conference on Family Literacy
2014-02-17 - 2014-02-19 | Unnamed Venue, Washington, DC
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.

Kidscreen Summit
2014-02-09 - 2014-02-12 | Unnamed Venue, New York, NY
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.

Digital Gaming in the Classroom
2014-02-06 | Venue Online, Online
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 impact of technology in the classroom, informed by a comparative analysis of teacher surveys on technology integration that we will also share with participants.

Webinar attendees will learn:

The types and genres of digital games teachers most frequently use in the classroom.
What teachers perceive to be the most valuable qualities of using digital games for learning.
The types of students who benefit the most from digital gaming in the classroom.
The use of built-in and external assessment tools around digital games.
Where teachers learn about using digital games for learning, and what ongoing professional development they pursue.

Sign up for a webinar at the link below:

Digital Gaming in the Classroom
Thursday, February 6th
2:30pm EST / 1:30pm CST / 11:30am PST

FETC
2014-01-28 - 2014-01-31 | Venue Orlando, Florida, Orlando, Florida
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 Thursday, January 30, Cooney Center Education Fellow Jessica Millstone will be presenting “Playful Assessment with Digital Games” with Allisyn Levy, VP of GameUp, BrainPop.

For more information, please visit the FETC website.

Educational Media Use in America: A Breakthrough Learning Forum
2014-01-24 | Unnamed Venue, New York
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 and discussion. Among the survey’s findings that will be discussed are:

How much of children’s media time is devoted to educational content;
How that varies across platforms, from television to computers, video games, and mobile;
Which platforms parents think their children have learned from the most;
What obstacles impede children’s educational media use;
How much time children spend reading in print and electronic formats, and why some parents don’t want their children using e-books; and
How all of these issues vary based on children’s age, gender, and socio-economic status.

The forum will focus on the practical implications of the national study. Speakers will include FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel; Debra Sanchez, Senior Vice President for Education and Children’s Content Creation at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Linda Burch, Chief Education Officer for Common Sense Media; Dale Kunkel, Professor of Communication at Arizona University; and David Kleeman, SVP, Insights Programs and PlayVangelist, PlayCollective. Learn more about the Families and Media Project.

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This event is open by invitation only. For more information, please contact us at cooney.center@sesame.org.

Digital Book World / Launch Kids
2014-01-13 - 2014-01-15
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 conference highlights new digital products, platforms, and channels.

Cooney Center Executive Director Michael Levine will lead a panel exploring the intersections of gaming and education. The panel will uncover why the Gates Foundation, Sesame Workshop and major education publishers are experimenting and investing in game-based learning initiatives, and they will discuss how gaming can enhance learning through interaction and assessment programs that mimic real world lessons.

For more information, see the Digital Book World website.

Kids @ Play 2014
2014-01-07 - 2014-01-10
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/

International 1:1 Computing Conference
2013-12-02 - 2013-12-03 | Unnamed Venue, Atlanta, GA, GA, Select a Country:
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 school districts.”

Learn more and register at the conference website.

FabLearn 2013
2013-10-27 - 2013-10-28 | Stanford, CA, Select a Country:
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 2013
2013-10-15 - 2013-10-18 | Anaheim, CA, Select a Country:
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 site.

Game Science and Game-Based Learning: Bringing Education to Life
2013-10-09 | London, UK, London, UK, United Kingdom
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.

2013 Education Nation Summit
2013-10-06 - 2013-10-08 | Unnamed Venue, New York, NY, Select a Country:
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.

National Technology Leadership Summit
2013-10-03 - 2013-10-04 | Washington, DC, Select a Country:
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/

EdNET 2013
2013-09-22 - 2013-09-24 | Denver, CO, Select a Country:
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.

2013 World Congress of Play
2013-09-09 - 2013-09-11 | Unnamed Venue, San Francisco, CA, Select a Country:
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/.

Serious Play Conference
2013-08-19 - 2013-08-22 | Unnamed Venue, Redmond, WA, Select a Country:
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
2013-08-07
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.

Webinar: Great Apps for the Classroom
2013-08-06 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | online, Select a Country:
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 of Toontastic.

http://launchpadtoys.com/edu/webinars/sign-up/

Games in Education
2013-08-06 - 2013-08-07 | Unnamed Venue, Malta, NY, Select a Country:
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.

IDEC 2013
2013-08-04 - 2013-08-08 | Boulder, Colorado, Select a Country:
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 official site.

Education Techology Innovation Summit
2013-07-25 | The India House Club, New York, NY, Select a Country:
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.

EdWeb Webinar: The K-12 Market for Digital Games
2013-07-08 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar, Select a Country:
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 games in terms of the functions they serve in the school context. Dr. Michael Levine, Executive Director of The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, will explore how games and simulations have made their way into the current discussions of the most pressing education reforms – from embedded assessments to personalized, highly engaging project-based learning to new forms of teacher preparation. He will be asking what teachers themselves think and will share how pioneering educators are responding to these new opportunities. Michael’s presentation will explore the work of the Games and Learning Publishing Council, which will be surveying, documenting and scaling promising teacher practices that are integrating game-based technologies.

– To pre-register – http://bit.ly/10JxROL
– Log-in for webinar – www.instantpresenter.com/edweb3
– Game-Based Learning community – www.edweb.net/gaming

Interaction Design and Children 2013
2013-06-24 - 2013-06-27 | New York, United States
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 facilitating the exchange of ideas within and between all of these communities, with a special emphasis on supporting interaction and impact for children in at-risk and marginalized populations.

Registration begins February 11, 2013. Check the IDC 2013 website for more information.

ISTE 2013
2013-06-23 - 2013-06-26 | San Antonio, TX, Select a Country:
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.

Games for Change
2013-06-17 - 2013-06-19 | New York, NY, Select a Country:
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 and the conference will feature a panel with the winners of the National STEM Video Game Challenge.

Visit the Games for Change website for more information.

GLS Conference 9.0
2013-06-11 - 2013-06-14 | University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Madison, Wisconsin, Select a Country:
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.

Join us for the Inaugural Playful Learning Summit, which takes place on Tuesday, June 11th to promote professional development opportunities to celebrate and deepen educators’ use of games in various educational settings, and foster collaboration among teachers, designers, researchers and others throughout the elementary to higher education continuum.

Find the full program on the GLS Conference website.

New Media Consortium Conference
2013-06-04 - 2013-06-07 | Hilton Head, SC, Select a Country:
The New Media Consortium Summer Conference focuses on the diverse uses of technology in education, from those that drive student engagement, to innovations in creating, sharing, and collaborating on information, to the devices and infrastructure that make it all possible. The conference invites faculty and teachers in new media disciplines, mid- to upper-management personnel, K-12 professionals, and senior technologists for a conversation to discuss the state of education and our roles as innovators. For more information, please visit the official site.

Content in Context 2013
2013-06-02 - 2013-06-05 | Washington, DC, Select a Country:
Presented by the Association of Educational Publishers and the Association of American Publishers School Division, Content in Context 2013 will explore industry trends. The event is for publishers, content developers, platform architects, and service providers interested in quality content, tools and environments, marketing, and research and policy. Michael Levine will be a featured speaker on Tuesday, June 4 at a panel called “Remaking the Page in the New Media Age.”

View the full agenda on the Content in Context 2013 website.

INplay
2013-05-15 - 2013-05-16 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
INplay is Canada’s premiere kids content conference that focuses on interactive media created for kids from Pre-School through to Tween. From the video game business to the broadcast industry, from toys to toons, the INplay conference brings together leaders in the kids space to learn, network and be inspired by the future of kids interactive digital media.

For more information, please visit the official site.

Atlantic Live: Technologies in Education Forum
2013-05-15 | Washington, DC, Select a Country:
The third annual Technologies in Education Forum is a half-day event that will focus on the policies, tools and technologies that are revolutionizing learning. The day will feature discussions about the latest innovations transforming the classroom, policy changes needed to promote technologies in schools, and ways to prepare students for STEM careers.

Register online at the Atlantic Live site.
