Events

Here are some upcoming events that we think will be of interest to our readers. If you would like to submit an event to be listed here, please contact us.

National Conference on Family Literacy

Hosted by the National Center for Family Literacy, this event invites literacy professionals, educators, policy makers, and philanthropists to discuss approaches, resources, and strategies in literacy and learning. This year the conference will invite writers of the new Common Core Standards to frame the conversations. For more information, please visit the official site.

D Is For Digital: New Vast Wasteland Or Learning Oasis?

The Cooney Center’s Executive Director Michael Levine and the New America Foundation’s Lisa Guernsey will present the keynote address at Ready at Five’s  D Is For Digital School Readiness Symposium. Together, they will present the findings from the Pioneering Literacy in the Digital Wild West report. For more information on the symposium, visit the official site.

EdTech Industry Summit

The 10th annual EdTech Industry Summit will focus on Navigating “Next.” Sessions will discuss what’s coming next in the teaching and learning process in a post-PC world, and will prepare attendees to build the infrastructure, products, and services to support the changes that schools want or need. The conference invites the  K-12 and postsecondary education

Atlantic Live: Technologies in Education Forum

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

INplay

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

Content in Context 2013

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

New Media Consortium Conference

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

GLS Conference 9.0

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

Games for Change

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

ISTE 2013

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.

Interaction Design and Children 2013

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

EdWeb Webinar: The K-12 Market for Digital Games

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

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