Joan Ganz Cooney Center

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

EdTech Industry Summit
2013-05-05 - 2013-05-07 | San Francisco, CA, Select a Country:
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 technology marketplace for a lively discussion on the future of educational technology. This year, Michael Levine and John Richards will present a panel on game-based learning and also share findings from the Games for a Digital Age Market Map. For more information, visit the official site.

D Is For Digital: New Vast Wasteland Or Learning Oasis?
2013-05-02 | Ellicott City, Maryland, MD, Select a Country:
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.

National Conference on Family Literacy
2013-04-28 - 2013-04-30 | Louisville, KY, Select a Country:
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.

Sandbox Summit
2013-04-15 - 2013-04-16 | Cambridge, MA, United States
Hosted by MIT, the Sandbox Summit examines how technology affects the ways kids play, learn, and connect. The conference invites industry and media leaders, analysts, journalists, analysts, educators, and parents to a discussion designed to help attendees innovate in this growing sphere. For more information, visit http://sandboxsummit.org/.

Early Education and Technology for Children Conference
2013-04-02 - 2013-04-04 | Salt Lake City, Utah, Select a Country:
The Early Education and Technology for Children Conference invites researchers, policy makers, administrators, and educators together to discuss technology in early childhood education. The conference invites visitors to share research and best practices for how technology can influence early education. For more information, please visit the official site.

GDC 2013: Education Summit
2013-03-25 - 2013-03-29 | Unnamed Venue, San Francisco, CA, Select a Country:
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is one of the gaming industry’s largest conferences. It is known worldwide as the primary forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry. This year’s event features an Education Summit which will explore new approaches to teaching game design and creating game design curriculum.

Digital Media and Learning Conference
2013-03-14 - 2013-03-16 | Chicago, IL, Select a Country:
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. The fourth annual conference – DML2013 – is organized around the theme “Democratic Futures: Mobilizing Voices, and Remixing Youth Participation” and will be held between March 14-16, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.

Joan Ganz Cooney Center Research Fellows Christina Hinton and Anna Ly will lead a panel at the conference on global networking, focusing on how we can use digital media to help children ages 7-11 learn about international issues, connect across cultures, and participate in the global society.

Modern digital technologies provide new avenues for helping children gain these critical skills. At the click of a button, children in different countries can have a virtual playdate, collaborate on a project, or share media about their cultures. This panel brings together experts from technology companies, international NGOs, and nonprofits to discuss innovative initiatives that use technology to help children ages 7-11 learn about international issues, connect across cultures, and participate in the global society.

Open Education Week
2013-03-11 - 2013-03-15
The Open Education Movement advocates sharing content, reducing barriers to, and increasing access in in education. During Open Education Week, the organization will host free events online and in locations around the world to raise awareness of the movement and its impacts. Participation in all events is free and open to anyone. For more information, please visit the official site.

Consortium for School Networking: Audacious Leadership 2013
2013-03-11 - 2013-03-13 | Unnamed Venue, Washington, DC, Select a Country:
The 2013 Consortium for School Networking Conference focuses on Audacious Leadership and showcases innovative leaders that are creating a new vision of the 21st century learning environment. The conference hopes to bring innovators and educators together to discuss how to make learning more participatory, engaging, and personalized amidst a changing economic and academic landscape. For more information visit their official site.
