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An Experiment to Understand Children’s Digital Literacy Skills

by Allison Patrick
August 17, 2021

The importance of literacy skills in our lives is clear – reading and language skills allow us to read signs, menus, and participate in everyday encounters. As adults, we rely

It’s time to make the digital world playful by design!

by Sonia Livingstone and Kruakae Pothong
July 29, 2021

This post originally appeared on the Digital Futures Commission website and appears here with permission. Like everything else in their life, children’s play has shifted online almost by default due to

Studying Youth and Family Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic at CLS 2021

by Administrator
July 9, 2021

When schools shuttered in early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from dozens of institutions leaped at the opportunity to investigate how the sudden lockdown would alter formal and

Voices from the Missing Middle

by Monica Bulger and Mary Madden
May 25, 2021

In the 1960s, Joan Ganz Cooney published The Potential Uses of Television in Preschool Education, a report that would revolutionize television for children. Where others saw a “vast wasteland,” Cooney

The Psychology of Video Games: Current Research on the Impact of Playing Games

by Celia Hodent
May 17, 2021

Billions of people around the world play video games, making gaming one of the most popular forms of entertainment today. Yet while we know there are many positive aspects to

Please Vote for Our SXSWEdu 2021 Panel!

by Cooney Center Team
November 10, 2020

It’s that time of year again – time to vote for your favorite SXSW EDU 2021 panels. We’re disappointed not to be able to share tacos with you in Austin,

Let’s Talk About Public Media and the Next Generation

by Patrick Davison, Monica Bulger, and Mary Madden
October 26, 2020

It seems like we’re having a lot of conversations about teens and tweens these days. Or youth? Young people? All of these terms get used by various disciplines, and some

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

Parenting with Alexa While the Family is at Home

by Erin Beneteau
May 1, 2020

Balancing working from home, schooling from home, playing at home, and just having the entire family at home during these times can be a challenge. For families who have dedicated

Lessons from Screen Captured: How Families Can Get the Most Out of Tech in Uncertain Times

by Sean Herman
March 26, 2020

As if any of us needed a reminder, the last few days showed us how quickly things can change. A month ago—or even a week ago—no one knew quite how

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