What We Know About Families’ Use of Educational Media
Ask any parent about their children’s media use, and most will tell you they’re interested in media that help their kids learn. But what are parents’ experiences with their children’s use of educational media? In the edWeb.net Digital Citizenship community’s latest webinar, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center shared the results from Learning at Home: Families’ Educational Media Use in America, a report from a national survey of over 1500 parents of children ages 2-10. Attendees heard how children and parents use media together, overall and by platform, and also how parents’ media use with their children changes as they get older. Presenters, Vicky Rideout, an Independent Researcher, and Michael Levine, PhD, Founding Director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center discussed the report’s findings. They answered questions regarding which subjects do parents feel their children are learning the most about from media and which platforms they perceive as being most effective. Additionally, they discussed some of the obstacles to greater use of educational media, and childrens’ reading behaviors both online and with electronic reading devices. View the webinar to learn how you can help support parents in their use of educational media with children, harnessing the potential of media as digital citizens.
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