Press Announcements
First Annual Joan Ganz Cooney Center Symposium Unveils New Research, Reports and Anchors Discussions on the Potential of Digital Media's Role in Education
New York, May 9, 2008 – At today’s first annual Joan Ganz Cooney Center Symposium called “Logging Into The Playground: How Digital Media Are Shaping Children’s Learning,” thought leaders from across research, communications, education and policy convened to set a new benchmark for the way in which digital media is used to improve children’s literacy, learning and development...
New Poll: Parents Conflicted About Role of Digital Media in Kids' Lives
San Francisco, CA and New York, May 8, 2008 – 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...
Electronic Arts and McGraw Hill Education Named Title Sponsors of First Annual Joan Ganz Cooney Center Symposium Focusing on the Impact of Digital Media in Educating Children
New York, April 16, 2008 - As children everywhere tap into the new digital playground through gaming, mobile devices and the Internet, educators, researchers, policymakers and high-tech industry leaders are joining forces to examine how these latest technologies are shaping the education of today's children. Galvanizing this effort is the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, an independent, not for profit research institute named for Sesame Street's visionary founder. Today, Center executives announced plans to host a May 9 symposium in New York, "Logging into the Playground: How Digital Media are Shaping Children's Learning." This first ever, invitation-only event will explore how digital media can improve children's literacy, learning and development...
Joan Ganz Cooney Center Finds Cause for Both Concern and Optimism in Billion Dollar Digital Media Industry Targeting Kids
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, a newly established production and research institute studying digital media's educational potential, today released their latest report, D is for Digital, at the first ever Sandbox Summit: A Playdate with Technology. The 50-page study, the first to analyze the current interactive media environment for preschool and elementary age children, documents how the recent aging down and exponential growth of digital products are shaping how children, ages 3-11, live and learn...
Sesame Workshop Creates The Joan Ganz Cooney Center to Examine Digital Media's Educational Potential
New York, December 6, 2007 – In 1969, Joan Ganz Cooney and her colleagues created a pop culture phenomenon called Sesame Street forever linking the words, 'educational' and 'television' and harnessing the power of the medium in a unique way...
HIGHLIGHTS: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center in the News
Select press coverage following the release of our report D is for Digital, a scan and analysis of the current interactive media environment for preschool and elementary-aged children, conducted by Cooney Fellow Carly Shuler:
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