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Connie Yowell: Logging into the Playground

Filed at 7:00 am on May 9, 2008 in Civic Engagement, Credibility, Games, Identity, Digital DivideLeave a comment

New research on parental views of the role of digital media in kids’ lives will be presented today at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s First Annual Symposium “Logging Into the Playground: How Digital Media Are Shaping Children’s Learning.”

“In a new, nationally representative poll from Common Sense Media and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center (JGCC), American parents agreed by a wide margin that digital media skills are important to kids’ success in the 21st century, but they also expressed skepticism about whether digital media could contribute to the development of skills like communicating, working with others, and establishing civic responsibility.” Read more.

I’ll be attending the Joan Ganz Cooney Center Symposium in New York City today where the full results of this new poll will be presented. The symposium, “Logging into the Playground: How Digital Media are Shaping Children’s Learning,”  will explore how digital media can improve children’s literacy, learning and development.

You can watch a live Webcast of the symposium here starting at 9 a.m. Eastern time.

Additionally, a slideshow with the poll results is available here.

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