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Kids at Home During School Closure: Is Virtual Reality Helping Them?

by Géraldine Fauville, Marijn Mado and Jeremy Bailenson
May 18, 2020

Our colleagues at Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab are conducting a research survey to investigate the role of VR in educational strategies catered to children while families are sheltering

Voices on the Future of Childhood

by Lori Takeuchi, PhD
April 7, 2020

As we hunker down and shelter ourselves in place to confront yet another day of what we hope is a temporary situation, we can’t help but wonder about the future.

Powerful Ideas About Young Children and Technology: Thoughts from Thought Leaders

by Chip Donohue
October 15, 2019

Let me set the scene. You’ve been invited to a roundtable conversation with 17 international thought leaders working at the intersection of child development, early learning and children’s media. As

VR and AR for Children: The Eyes of the Next Generation

by Jesse Schell
March 5, 2019

Before the Future of Childhood: Immersive Media and Child Development salon took place in November 2018, we invited experts to share their visions about the ways VR and AR might impact childhood

Modern Family Life Should Include Opportunities to Connect Through Digital Play

by Jordan Shapiro
January 16, 2019

So many of today’s parents complain that their children spend too much time staring at “addictive screens.” According to the grownups, kids never want to do anything else and therefore,

Podcast Transcript: The App Fairy Talks to Toca Boca

by Carissa Christner
September 14, 2018

This partial transcript of the App Fairy podcast has been edited for length and clarity. Carissa Christner: Today I’m very excited to bring to you an interview with Caroline Ingeborn of

Diversity: Brought to you by the letter E: Exposure & Empathy

by Jennifer Kotler Clarke
July 11, 2017

Thanks to the wonderful Dr. Jessica Piotrowski on behalf of the Center for Research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media in Amsterdam as well as Northwestern’s Center for Media &

How Educators Can Use Technology to Better Connect to Hispanic-Latino Families

by Amber Levinson
April 4, 2017

In 2013, 25 per cent of public school children in the U.S. were Hispanic-Latino, and this number is expected to grow to 29 per cent by 2025. Within this vibrant and

An Increasing Number of Children in American Schools Need to Learn English. Let Them Play!

by Jens Peter de Pedro
November 7, 2016

When I was nine years old, an American boy named Kyle moved to our neighborhood in suburban Stockholm. When we met him, my best friend Gustaf immediately switched to English.

Digital Games and Family Life: The Games Families Play

by Administrator
October 20, 2016

As part of our Families and Media Project, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center conducted a survey of nearly 700 parents whose 4-13-year old children play video games. We are pleased to

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