Elizabeth Rood

learning and play strategist and researcher helping people make great products for kids and families. current mom. former teacher and exec in education orgs.

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

Important counterpoint to a sadly prevailing media message that technology is dangerous for kids as #NewYorkTimes has been pushing. https://t.co/6yECRVrWrK

[David Chiu @DavidChiu]

The citizenship question will lead to a massive undercount in the 2020 census in CA. We are already a donor-state & an undercount will just exacerbate that imbalance. Please go to https://t.co/tDF5OtQGJC before 8/7 to help us #SaveTheCensus. https://t.co/Va3HYU4crl

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

Thank you @medialab for hosting #CLS2018. I’m leaving inspired to bring research on digital and #ConnectedLearning back to @C4Creativity as we think about the intersections of creativity + STEM for younger children!

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

We must teach our children that this level of contempt for our fourth ‘branch’ of government is not the norm. Democracy with no free press is no democracy.

[Vox @voxdotcom]

President Trump has repeatedly called the press the "enemy of the people."

CNN reporter Jim Acosta has had enough:

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

This is such great news for learning, for democracy, and for equity. Libraries rock. #ConnectedLearning

[American Libraries @amlibraries]

Latest Library Links: More than a billion public library visits in 2015 https://t.co/VS5SgI2qG9

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

If we want to meaningfully close opportunity gaps, we need to focus on getting kids of color equal access to enrichment out of school & build their diverse network of mentors per @scraigwatkins. #CLS2018

[michael dezuanni @dezuanni]

Fantastic map of transmedia skills presented by @cscolari #CLS2018

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

#ConnectedLearning matters because it amplifies the whispers of our kids’ interests and passions that, too often, aren’t heard in spaces that purport to be about them, like family and school per @Livingstone_S #CLS2018

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

Appreciate @Livingstone_S and @aliciablumross research re class and parenting in digital age in UK. Low SES see opportunity. Mid fear loss of imagination and play. Affluent raising future actors in tech economy. Was this London or SF?

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

Such a powerful, non-deficit approach: low SES Latino immigrant families see tech as enabling them as learning teams. Love that! #CLS2018

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

We need to shift the parent discourse from the amount of screen time to the activities kids are doing digitally! #CLS2018 @Livingstone_S amen.

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

Loving this rendering of our talk on #creativity and #TECplay. Thanks to @EriksonInst for including @C4Creativity and @BADM_org!

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

Great panel today with @todd_burleson @shimirawms and @slovato thinking about creativity and tech! Looking forward to staying in touch!

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

Did you know... the Scottish Govt has an official “Play Strategy” articulating the value of play for play sake for all children? Love the emphasis on self-direction. Thanks to Dr Lydia Plowman for that. #TECPlay

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

Thrilled to be presenting @C4Creativity’s research @EriksonInst via #TECPlay conference with amazing @chipdono and @chiplaypro

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

Indeed! https://t.co/dcZCPgjFv9

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Scientists are simply adults who retained and nurtured their native curiosity from childhood.

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

If we had more exploratory play in our kids’ early years (eg, balls and ramps, blocks and building) more would be ready for physics (and math!) in high school. https://t.co/k5NNdQL8vd

[The Hechinger Report @hechingerreport]

The majority of the nation’s seniors will graduate having never taken a physics class. https://t.co/rnQTIe0u6b #edchat

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

You’re so welcome! Looking forward to getting you up to visit. https://t.co/SRePf1YcC2

[sam seidel (he/him) @husslington]

got to meet @KathyandRo1 + learn about her work on generative play at the @BADM_org Creativity Forum. thanks for the invite, @ElizabethWRood

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

Thanks for your years of work and leadership in #ECE #STEM @PeggyAshbrook. #c4creativity is honored to help amplify the message of importance and opportunity with you. https://t.co/TCzz426BnD

[Peggy Ashbrook @PeggyAshbrook]

Yes! "Even preschoolers" can experiment (meaning trying things out) & adults can help children build STEM thinking..."just become a smidge more intentional about the conversations we have, the questions we ask, and the experiences we provide.”@ElizabethWRood https://t.co/StF8H4XjdJ

[Elizabeth Rood @ElizabethWRood]

@TEC_Center @hechingerreport Looking forward to having @C4Creativity part of the important conversation!