Ronda Jackson: The Future of Play
For Part 3 of the Voices on the Future of Childhood series, we asked experts to offer their insights and predictions on what play will—or better yet, should—look like when families are released from...
View ArticleMakeda Mays Green: The Future of Play
For Part 3 of the Voices on the Future of Childhood series, we asked experts to offer their insights and predictions on what play will—or better yet, should—look like when families are released from...
View ArticleBo Stjerne Thomsen: The Future of Play
In this third installment of the series, we asked experts, “How will childhood play change in the coming months and/or years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?” Play makes children more equipped...
View ArticleJesse Schell: The Future of Digital Play
For the fourth part of this series, we asked experts to focus their predictions on digital play by answering the question, “How will the way children play with digital media change in the coming months...
View ArticleTami Bhaumik: The Future of Digital Play
For the fourth part of this series, we asked experts to focus their predictions on digital play by answering the question, “How will the way children play with digital media change in the coming months...
View ArticleKatie Salen Tekinbaş: The Future of Digital Play
For the fourth part of this series, we asked experts to focus their predictions on digital play by answering the question, “How will the way children play with digital media change in the coming months...
View ArticleWhat Play Can Teach Us About Transitions
This is a moment of unprecedented transition for the United States–and for the world more broadly. Reopening schools requires decisions based on incomplete information that must be made in an...
View ArticleIt’s time to make the digital world playful by design!
This post originally appeared on the Digital Futures Commission website and appears here with permission. Like everything else in their life, children’s play has shifted online almost by default due to...
View ArticleBuilding Connections Through Play
The following excerpt is from Why Play Works: Big Changes Start Small by Jill Vialet and appears here courtesy of publisher Jossey-Bass. The book is designed to support schools, educators, and parents...
View ArticleDigital Futures Commission to Launch Report, Playful by Design
So often the digital world of children is stated in binaries – on or offline, good or bad actors, opportunity or harm – but the lived reality of children is more complicated. Where on and off can be...
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