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The Harvard Family Research Project separated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to become the Global Family Research Project as of January 1, 2017. It is no longer affiliated with Harvard University.
Volume VI, Issue 2, April 24, 2014
Welcome!
Digital media surround children. And as access increases, so does families’ desire to guide their children’s use of these media. In this issue, we hear from Heather Weiss, Gregg Behr, Mizuko Ito, Marsha L. Semmel, and Katie Salen Tekinbaş about the ways schools, libraries, museums, and communities can assist families as they support their children’s learning through digital media.
We have also included a number of important resources about children’s use of digital media, and those representing the latest information in family engagement research, policy, and practice. In response to our readers’ requests for information on evaluation for continuous improvement, we present a comprehensive list of resources on this topic.
We thank you as always, and invite you to pass this issue on to interested friends and colleagues. We also hope you’ll send us any comments you might have!
With best wishes,
Harvard Family Research Project FINE Team
Commentary
Family Engagement as a Shared Responsibility in a Digital Learning Environment
Perspectives
Guiding Families on Children's Media Use
Three experts—Gregg Behr, Mizuko Ito, and Katie Salen Tekinbas—provide a rich array of ideas related to how schools, museums, libraries, and communities can assist families as they support their children’s learning through digital media use. The authors include examples to illustrate practices in which institutions partner with families to help them understand, shape, support, and share in their children’s digital learning. In this way, family engagement becomes a shared responsibility for children’s learning and development in a digital environment.
Transforming Pittsburgh into Kidsburgh! |
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Seamless and Connected—Education in the Digital Age Through connected learning, schools, museums, and libraries are employing innovative strategies, leveraging digital media to make learning more relevant and engaging to youth, and linking the crucial spheres in a learner’s life—peers, interests, and academic pursuits. |
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What About the Parents? |
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Tips & Tools
Lessons From Museums and Libraries: Five Ways to Address Families’ Digital Learning Needs
Social Media—Engaging Families in Children’s Learning and Use of Digital Media
Are you interested in using social media to find out how families can navigate digital media to enhance children’s learning? Start here—we guide you to organizations and individuals that bring the latest DML research into public focus! |
FINE Interactive
To help educators engage families during the transition to school, Harvard Family Research Project’s Christine Patton, in partnership with Shannon Wanless, of the SEED Lab at the University of Pittsburgh, launched an online discussion board, Let's Talk Transition! Family Engagement During the Transition to School. |
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Live web chat! Join us to discuss Using Evaluation to Improve Family Programming in the Early Years
What data should you give funders to show your progress on your family engagement work? What should you do with family engagement data once you gather it? Explore these and related topics with expert panelists during our live web chat on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 1:00 PM EDT. |
Research Spotlight
Get Started!—Resources on Using Evaluation for Continuous Improvement
This Research Spotlight, which follows up on our 2013 fall FINE Newsletter, has been compiled in response to our readers’ interest in using evaluation for continuous improvement.
Family Involvement News
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