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March 2016
2016 SXSW Interactive Festival
Lisa Guernsey will be a panelist at the "Screen Time, Real Talk" session on March 13, 2016 at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. In this session the panel will discuss how screen time should be addressed in the modern age, including the impact technology has in children's literacy.
Find out more »Common Sense Education webinar
Lisa Guernsey and Michael H. Levine will be speaking during a webinar with Common Sense Education, a partnership with edWeb, about their research on children's screen time and early literacy, including findings from "Tap, Click, Read."
Find out more »April 2016
Tap, Click, Read at the CoSN 2016 Annual Conference
Michael and Lisa will be talking about Tap, Click, Read at the CoSN 2016 Annual Conference being held April 4 -7, 2016 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. Their session will take place on April 5, 2016 from 9:15 am to 10:15 am on the main stage of the Columbia Ballroom.
Find out more »“Dust or Magic” Highlights Foundation Retreat
Lisa Guernsey and Michael H. Levine will be speaking at the "Dust or Magic" Highlights Foundation retreat in Boyds Mills, Pennsylvania April 24 - 26, 2016. During the 3-day retreat participants review the latest in children’s digital products from the recent Bologna Children's Book Fair, with live demos and in-depth discussions of the products that won the 2016 BolognaRagazzi digital prize. The digital products that will be reviewed have an emphasis on language, children's literacy, and digital storytelling. …
Find out more »June 2016
NAEYC PDI: Tap, Click, Read: Critical Literacy for the Class of 2030
At the annual professional development institute of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Lisa and Michael will be speaking about the research behind their book. Learn about approaches to literacy development that use new tools but put the power in the hands of educators and families. Watch and discuss short videos that spotlight how community organizations are harnessing technology in new ways. Get insights from new studies on what works and what doesn't in using digital media…
Find out more »Content in Context Conference
Lisa Guernsey and Michael H. Levine will be hosting a session titled, "Screens Aren’t the Issue – Understanding 21st Century Literacy," at the 2016 Content in Context conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lisa and Michael will discuss the new vision and techniques the digital reading revolution requires from learning resource creators — and define what they think are best practices for creating effective educational content in any environment.
Find out more »2016 National Family & Community Engagement Conference
Lisa Guernsey and Michael H. Levine will be hosting the workshop, "Early Learning and Literacy: Let's All Become Brain Builders," on June 20, 2016 as part of the 2016 National Family & Community Engagement Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
Find out more »October 2016
2016 Families Learning Summit
Michael Levine will lead "Integrating Technology in Early Learning and Family-Strengthening Initiatives," a panel discussion with Sandra Gutierrez, national director of Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors; Jason Quiara, program officer for the Joyce Foundation; Emily Roden, co-founder and executive director of ReadyRosie) at 8am on October 18 at the Families Learning Summit in Detroit.
Find out more »November 2016
2016 NAEYC Annual Conference
Lisa Guernsey and Michael H. Levine will present "Tap, click, read: New strategies to encourage literacy in a digital age," a featured session at the NAEYC Annual Conference in Los Angeles. The panel will take place on Thursday, November 3 from 3:00 to 4:30pm.
Find out more »December 2016
Webinar: The Evolution of Literacy in the Digital Age
Young children’s developing brains are learning to follow the sequence of a narrative as well as develop the complex literacies that are demanded by our digital and global age. In this webinar, Tap, Click, Read authors Michael Levine and Lisa Guernsey will discuss how content creators and publishers can help foster new pathways to learning by creating “transmedia” offerings that allow “blended learning” experiences beginning in preschool. Young children will increasingly need to learn how to navigate between print and…
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