This morning I was able to attend a session titled, “The Learning Landscape,” where two different panels of various media and educational professionals discussed what is happening in the world of education regarding digital adoption in lesson plans and the possibility...
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CMC: Day 2 – Session on research
(Elaica Zayas) Today was the second day of the Children's Media Conference. There was much less interaction with today's sessions as opposed to yesterday's workshop. Although I liked that the sessions were shorter, the workshops allowed for us to meet more people...
CMC: Day 2, “Second Screens”
(Elaica Zayas) One day, two sessions! The second session today was not what I expected. The session was titled, "Second Screen: Changing the way we watch TV." I initially thought it would be about creating content solely for smaller screens such as smartphones and...
CMC: “Second Screen: Changing the way we watch TV”
(By: Christine Muszynski) This Thursday afternoon, I was able to attend a second session called “Second Screen: Changing the way we watch TV”. The panelists discussed how to make the most of 2nd screens, and what kids actually think and do while engaging with screens...
CMC session: Research on media for children
Today I attended a session with three different topics of “How Early Adopters Find and Share New Entertainment”, “The End of Live TV for Children?” and “Bad Games + Bad Children = Good Business?”. These were research based sessions which I found to be very informative...
CMC session: “Second Screen”
One session that I attended today was “Second Screen: Changing the way we watch TV”. This session was devoted to different uses of the second screen, how kids are using it today and what we could do with second screens in the future. I had mixed feelings about this...
CMC: “Second Screening – Changing the Way We Watch TV”
(Danielle Vallely) The "Second Screening" session was held in the showroom cinema. This discussion board brought up new ideas that really opened doors for potential opportunities in the future for children's media. The introduction to this segment showcased a video...
CMC: Mini-Dragons: Kids as Commissioners
(By: Christine Muszynski) Hello again from The CMC! Today was yet another exciting day filled with many different sessions to attend. To start off the morning, my classmates and I attended a keynote presentation titled “Coming Together or Falling Apart?” The panel...
CMC session – “Mini-Dragons: Kids as Commissioners”
(Danielle Vallely) Today I attended a lecture in the showroom cinema building. The discussion that took place included three creators giving a five minute pitch of a new media product they designed for children. The five minute pitch was given to four different...
CMC workshop- Music and Song
This morning I attended the “Music and Song” workshop hosted by Ann Miller, Helen Stroud, and Steve Berman. In this workshop we were split into groups and then we circulated through the three hosts every 45 minutes. Ann had a PowerPoint presentation where she went...
CMC Workshop – “Playful Learning”
(Danielle Vallely) This morning I attended the "Playful Learning" conference of the workshop held in Sheffield. This topic focused on educational games for children and the strategic outline to follow in order to create a truly popular app. There were four panelists...
My First CMC Workshop: “Collaborating with Kids”
It has finally arrived! Today was the first day of The Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield, London. This afternoon, I had the privilege to attend a workshop titled “Collaborating with Kids,” and I learned a great deal about the relationship between children’s...
CMC Workshop: “Collaborating with Kids”
(By: Christine Muszynski) Greetings from The Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield, England! Today was the first full day of fun activities all revolving around this year’s theme of Child@Heart. Today’s Wednesday Workshop I attended was called “Collaborating with...
CMC Workshop – “Pitch It!”
(Elaica Zayas) Today was the first official day of the Children's Media Conference. Once I registered and got my name tag and gift laptop bag, it was time for lunch. I was registered for the "Pitch It" workshop. I was initially interested in this particular workshop...
Children’s Media Conference: Career workshop
Yesterday we attended our first workshop at the Children's Media Conference. Many thanks to conference chair, Greg Childs, for inviting Temple University students to take part in this session. The session is usually reserved for the students (mainly from Sheffield...