January 25-26, 2018
Agenda
January 25, 2018
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks and Introductions Ruben Alvarez, Lisa Freund, and James Griffin, NICHD & Dara Blachman-Demner, OBSSR Della Hann, Director of Extramural Research, NICHD |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Session I: Media Exposure and Early Childhood: An Overview |
| 9:50 a.m. | General Discussion |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | Session II: Influence of Media Exposure & Use on Infants and Toddlers Rachel Barr, Georgetown University (Presenter 1) Learning from Media in Young Children: Constraints and Opportunities (PDF 1.5 MB) Jenny Radesky, University of Michigan Medical School (Presenter 2) A Pediatric Perspective on the Impact of Early Media Exposure (PDF 679 KB) Discussants: Heather Kirkorian, University of Wisconsin, Madison (comments on Presenter 1) Sandra Waxman, Northwestern University (comments on Presenter 2) |
| 11:20 a.m. | General Discussion |
| 11:45 a.m. | Announcements |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:50 p.m. | Session III: Neuroscientific Perspectives on Media Exposure & Use in Early Childhood John Richards, University of South Carolina (Presenter 1) Media Effects on Young Children: An Attention Development Perspective (PDF 1 MB) Linda Smith, Indiana University, Bloomington (Presenter 2) Language Development in the Digital Age (PDF 2 MB) Discussants: Martha Ann Bell, Virginia Tech (comments on Presenter 1) Sarah Roseberry Lytle, University of Washington (comments on Presenter 2) |
| 1:40 p.m. |
General Discussion |
| 2:05 p.m. | Break |
| 2:20 p.m. | Session IV: Media Exposure & Use in Early Childhood: Implications for Learning Deborah Nichols Linebarger, Purdue University (Presenter 1) Links Between Media Exposure and Language & Literacy Development (PDF 722 KB) Georgene Troseth, Vanderbilt University (Presenter 2) Understanding Children's Learning in Digital Contexts (PDF 844 KB) Discussants: Nicole Patton Terry, Georgia State University (comments on Presenter 1) Arthur Graesser, The University of Memphis (comments on Presenter 2) |
| 3:10 p.m. | General Discussion |
| 3:35 p.m. | Break |
| 3:50 p.m. | Final Presentation of the Day Dr. Pamela Hurst-Della Pietra Founder and President, Children AND Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development; School of Health Technology and Management, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY |
| 4:00 p.m. | Identification of Gaps in Our Research Knowledge (Group session) |
| 5:00 p.m. | END OF DAY 1 |
| 6:30 p.m. | Group Dinner (Optional) - No federal funds will be expended for food or beverages |
January 26, 2018
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks Ruben Alvarez, NICHD Catherine Spong, Deputy Director of NICHD and William (Bill) Riley, Director of OBSSR |
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| 9:00 a.m. | Session V: The Role of Technology in Early Childhood Interventions Marina Umaschi Bers, Tufts University (Presenter 1) The Positive Impact of Digital Technologies in the Lives of Young Children (PDF 3 MB) Suzy Tomopoulos, Bellevue Hospital Center (Presenter 2) Educational Media Exposure and Parent-Child Interactivity (PDF 946 KB) Discussants: Danielle McNamara, Arizona State University (comments on Presenter 1) Lesli Rotenberg, Children's Media and Education, PBS (comments on Presenter 2) |
| 9:50 a.m. | General Discussion |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | Future Research Directions (Group session) |
| 12:00 p.m. | END OF DAY 2, ADJOURN MEETING |
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