Joan Ganz Cooney Center

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 | DC
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 | DC
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

SXSW Interactive
2015-03-13 - 2015-03-17 | Venue Austin, TX, Austin, TX, United States
The 22nd annual SXSW Interactive Festival returns to Austin, Texas from Friday, March 13 through Tuesday, March 17, 2015. An incubator of cutting-edge technologies and digital creativity, the 2015 event features five days of compelling presentations and panels from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable lineup of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas the community has to offer. From hands-on training to big-picture analysis of the future, SXSW Interactive has become the place to preview the technology of tomorrow today.

http://schedule.sxsw.com/?conference=interactive

Be sure to check out the Cooney Center’s own Michelle Miller as she moderates Playing to Learn: Lessons From Game Design Gurus.

SXSWedu
2015-03-09 - 2015-03-12 | Venue Austin, TX, Austin, TX, United States
The SXSWedu® Conference & Festival fosters innovation in learning by hosting a diverse and energetic community of stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds in education. The four-day event affords registrants open access to engaging sessions, interactive workshops, hands on learning experiences, cinematic portrayals, early stage startups and a host of networking opportunities. By providing a platform for collaboration, SXSWedu works to promote creativity and social change.

SXSWedu is a component of the South by Southwest family of conferences and festivals that includes SXSW Music, Film and Interactive; SXSW Eco and SXSW V2V. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for the creative arts, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement beyond musicians, filmmakers and new media innovators to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

http://sxswedu.com

Kidscreen Summit 2015
2015-02-23 - 2015-02-26 | Miami, FL
Kidscreen Summit is renowned as the kids entertainment industry’s most important annual event. In 2014, the conference welcomed nearly 1,700 attendees from 47 countries. Top executives attend Kidscreen Summit to take advantage of the year’s best business networking, and to engage in critical dialogue on issues that affect the industry.

http://summit.kidscreen.com/2015/

Toy Fair 2015
2015-02-14 - 2015-02-17 | New York, NY, New York, NY, United States
The 112th annual American International Toy Fair®, the largest toy and youth product marketplace in the Western Hemisphere, is expected to bring together nearly 1,200 exhibiting manufacturers, distributors, importers and sales agents to showcase 150,000+ products to nearly 10,000 buyers representing 7,000+ unique retail outlets in 100 countries.

http://www.toyfairny.com/

Learning and the Brain 2015
2015-02-12 - 2015-02-14 | San Francisco, CA
Making Lasting Memories: Using Brain Science to Boost Memory, Thinking and Learning

Neuroscientists are discovering strategies that make learning easier, more effective, and that can boost long-term memory, thinking and academic performance. By using mnemonics, movement, active learning, discussions, gestures and varied practices, teachers can improve their students’ ability to learn, reflect and remember. Discover how the “Science of Learning” can help boost student retention, recall and retrieval of information.

Learn more

ThinkFWD - Incubating Opportunity: The Promise of Early Childhood Education
2015-02-05 | New York, NY, New York, NY, United States
FWD.us aims to mobilize the tech community to support policies that keep the American Dream achievable in the 21st century. ThinkFWD is a quarterly speaker series focusing on important issues at the intersection of tech and politics.

On Thursday, February 5, 2015, join the Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s Michael H. Levine at Incubating Opportunity: The Promise of Early Childhood Education. Can early childhood education expand opportunity for New York’s kids? How can the city ensure that its new pre-k initiative benefits children from all backgrounds? He will moderate a panel with Steven Barnett, Director, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER); Carmel Martin, Executive Vice President for Policy, Center for American Progress; Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education, Steinhardt, NYU; and Azadeh Jamalian, Co-Founder and Chief Learning Officer, Tiggly.

Learn more and RSVP: www.fwd.us/field_020515_nycthinkfwd

FETC 2015
2015-01-20 - 2015-01-23 | Venue Orlando, FL, Orlando, FL
FETC is the content-rich conference that brings education leaders and technology experts together 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. FETC offers a wealth of information for all education professions—teachers, principals and deans, district administrators, curriculum designers, media specialists, technology directors and others.

Learn more about FETC 2015 at fetc.org

Launch Kids at Digital Book World 2015
2015-01-13 | New York, NY, New York, NY, United States
Now in its fourth year, Launch Kids will take place at the 2015 Digital Book World Conference and Summit. Launch Kids presents a wide array of experts who share their insights into the trends and technology that children’s publishers should consider when they’re developing their content and looking for new partners and paths to market.

Learn more at the Digital Book Worlds website.

Kids at Play Summit 2015
2015-01-07 | DC
This year’s theme for the Kids@Play Summit is “What You Don’t Know About Digital Kids Could Cost You (And Them).” This annual event takes place during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and offers a lineup featuring up and coming trends in digital media for kids, including a session on robotics, experts on the growing role of tech in modern family life, and the KAPi Awards.

Learn more at the Kids @ Play website.

FOSI Annual Conference 2014
2014-11-12 - 2014-11-13 | Washington, DC, Washington, DC, Select a Country:
On November 12th and 13th the Family Online Safety Institute will hold its 8th Annual Conference in Washington, DC. The event, titled “Redefining Online Safety”, will broach the ever-evolving notion of online safety, and discuss what this concept really means in today’s world. What is the best way to keep ourselves safe online, and understand the risks that are out there, while still leaving ourselves open to taking advantage of all of the opportunities available to us on the Internet?

For more information, please visit the FOSI website.

14th Annual Dust or Magic Institute
2014-11-02 - 2014-11-04 | Unnamed Venue, Lambertville, NJ
At the 14th Annual Dust or Magic Fall Institute, 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—equivalent to a graduate level course—includes sessions on child development applied to interactive media, plus demos, critiques, testing and brainstorming sessions.

For more information, please visit the Dust or Magic website.

Digital Kids Summit 2014
2014-10-21 - 2014-10-22 | Venue San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA, United States
On October 21, the Digital Kids Summit brings together together experts in learning: from teachers and administrators to game developers and mobile innovators for its Digital Kids Learning Day. Presentations from leaders in R&D will share hard numbers and facts. You will receive highly sought-after digital media analysis, including trends shaping the industry. You will also have conversations with startup leaders breaking the mold. Come and be inspired and walk away with hands-on insight in best-practices in marketing and product development.

Webinar: Creating a Conversation About Anywhere, Anytime Learning
2014-10-15 | Venue Online, Online
American children spend an average of 6.6 hours in school each day.1 How do they spend their hours outside of school? To explore this question, the Harvard Family Research Project invites you to participate in an upcoming web conference, Creating a Conversation About Anywhere, Anytime Learning. This web conference is the second in a year-long strand of work exploring the idea of family engagement in anywhere, anytime learning. It will be held on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, from 1:00–2:15 p.m. (EST).

A distinguished group of educational leaders will discuss the changing landscape of learning opportunities for children and the vital roles of families and communities in complementing the role of schools. This web conference will be hosted by Heather B. Weiss, founder and director of Harvard Family Research Project, and moderated by Christine Patton, senior research analyst at Harvard Family Research Project.
Panelists will be:
Gregg Behr, executive director, Grable Foundation
Terri Ferinde Dunham, partner, Collaborative Communications Group; lead, National Network of Statewide Afterschool Networks
Lori Takeuchi, senior director and research scientist, Joan Ganz Cooney Center.
Topics will include:
Access and use of digital media for learning among young children and families
Community-wide initiatives to promote anywhere, anytime learning opportunities
Quality afterschool programs that offer a pathway for positive youth development and educational success.
Register today—space is limited!

Join the conversation online using #HFRPinteract and by following @HFRP. You can also access this and all other event recordings at www.hfrp.org/interact.
http://www.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2139054248

1 National Center for Education Statistics. (2009). Average number of hours in the school day and average number of days in the school year for public schools, by state: 2007–08. Schools and Staffing Survey. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sass/tables/sass0708_035_s1s.asp

CineKid for Professionals 2014
2014-10-14 - 2014-10-18 | Unnamed Venue, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cinekid for Professionals is a 5 day event during the Cinekid Festival in October that brings together TV buyers, producers, distributors, directors, networks, sales agents, entertainment companies, academics and journalists who maintain a laser focus on children’s media.

Located in Amsterdam, Cinekid is the world’s largest media festival for children. Every year more than 50.000 children are given the opportunity to visit over 500 media productions selected by the festival: feature films, children’s documentaries, short films, animations, television series and single productions, cross media productions, interactive installations and set-ups as well as workshops.

http://www.cinekid.nl/professional/

EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
2014-09-29 - 2014-10-02 | Unnamed Venue, Orlando, FL
With over 300 sessions and more than 500 speakers—60+ webcasts and 18 exclusive online sessions provided virtually—the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference presents a robust, community-generated program that explores today’s toughest IT issues facing higher education and convenes some of the brightest minds in the community.

For more information, please visit the EDUCAUSE website.

National Technology Leadership Summit 2014
2014-09-25 - 2014-09-26 | 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/

Gaming in Ed Conference 2014
2014-09-15 - 2014-09-19 | Venue Online, Online
The Gaming in Ed conference is a free, online event bringing together educators, researchers, game developers and innovators from around the world.

Whether you’re passionate about game-based learning or just getting your toes wet, Gaming in Ed celebrates the value that games offer in educational settings: a safe environment for taking on new roles, opportunities for creative problem solving and experimenting, and learning from failure. When done well, games can foster collaboration, strengthen critical and systems thinking, pose adaptive challenges, and spark inquiry. With guidance from educators, students aren’t just players, but critical evaluators of games and game designers themselves.

Cooney Center Executive Director Michael Levine will be presenting a keynote talk on Wednesday, September 17 at 7pm ET.

http://gamingined.com/

New York Times Schools for Tomorrow Conference 2014
2014-09-08 - 2014-09-09 | New York, NY, New York, NY, United States
The New York Times fourth annual Schools for Tomorrow Conference will be devoted to how innovations and challenges — social, economic, political and technological — are calling into question the very nature of higher education. Join an audience of over 400 educators, government officials, philanthropists, technology innovators and investors for a compelling discussion on the future of higher education.

http://www.nytschoolsfortomorrow.com/

GameTech 2014
2014-09-03 - 2014-09-05 | Unnamed Venue, Orlando, FL
GameTech is a unique, user-focused conference dealing with gaming technologies that enhance warfighter training. Gaming experts will discuss the current state of game technologies. Government, industry and academia will share knowledge, research and technology on virtual worlds and games for training.

For more information, please visit the GameTech website.

Games in Education Conference
2014-08-06 - 2014-08-07 | Unnamed Venue, Troy, NY
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.

For more information, visit the Games in Education website.

Serious Play Conference
2014-07-22 - 2014-07-24 | Venue Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA
At Serious Play, attendees listen, share and participate actively in informal sessions dedicated to the discussion of the future of serious games. The Serious Games Conference is produced by the Serious Games Association, an international organization for everyone in the serious games industry.

For more information, visit the Serious Play website.

Psychology of Research in Mathematics Education (PME)
2014-07-15 - 2014-07-20 | Vancouver, Canada, Canada
Mathematics Education at the Edge provides opportunities to highlight and examine mathematics education research that is: 1) breaking new ground or on the cutting edge of innovative research and research methodologies; and 2) exploring issues with groups that are often positioned at the edge or periphery of educational research such as social justice, peace education, equity, and Indigenous education. This year’s conference takes place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

For more information, please visit the PME website.

Children's Media Conference
2014-07-02 00:00 - 2014-07-04 00:00 (America/New_York) | Unnamed Venue, Sheffield, United Kingdom
The Children’s Media Conference 2014 is intended for anyone involved in developing, producing and distributing content for kids in the UK. Join 900+ delegates from children’s TV, interactive media, games, licensing, toys, radio, book and magazine publishing, arts, culture and film – in Sheffield from 2-4 July.

For more information, visit the Children’s Media Conference Website.

International Society for Technology in Education Conference
2014-06-28 - 2014-07-01 | Atlanta, GA
For more than three decades the ISTE Conference and Expo has been the premier forum in which to learn, exchange ideas and survey the field of education technology. The event attracts upwards of 18,000 attendees and industry representatives — including teachers, technology coordinators, administrators, library media specialists, teacher educators and policy makers. Attendees enjoy world-class keynotes, hundreds of sessions in a variety of formats, and a massive expo hall.

For more information, please visit the ISTE website.
