DigiLitEY

The aim of this COST Action is to further research on young children's digital literacy and multimodal practices.

[Jackie Marsh @jackiemarsh]

Guidance for parents on children's digital play:
https://t.co/pvRBSpo25q
This was developed through our study with the @LEGOfoundation on play and technology:
https://t.co/lP8M5sblFh

[Maker{Futures} @Maker_Futures]

Countdown to our FREE family maker project Adventures in Sustainable Play has started. Sign up to get your free kit bag and join in the fun from this Thursday! https://t.co/eKKKCBwqkx

[Jackie Marsh @jackiemarsh]

The amazing work of @KevinClarkPhD can be seen in this exciting new Netflix series https://t.co/S933hQfhcy and he also has pulled together resources for talking to children about racism - https://t.co/aAs7tlvpDu. Please share widely!

[EECERA @eecera]

https://t.co/WkIL5rhwFX

The 2020 EECERA SIG ‘Digital Childhoods, Multimodality and STEM’ online meetings kick off on the 8th of September.

The meetings are open to all interested researchers and there's still time to book a space!

[Jackie Marsh @jackiemarsh]

The report of our study on digital play, conducted with @LEGOfoundation @dickngambi, Karin Murris and UCT team and @dubit, has been released. @BeckyParry68 @_FionaScott @JuliaCBishop @cathbannister1 @EducationSheff @SheffSocScience

[Maker{Futures} @Maker_Futures]

We are very excited by this new project! We will be collaborating with @SheffUniEng, @iForge_sheff @iForger_Pete @TheAMRC on engaging engineers in STEM work with schools. If you are an engineer based in the Sheffield City Region and would like to be involved, please get in touch!

[Maker{Futures} @Maker_Futures]

READY, SET....RAFT RACE! ⛵ Who can make the fastest wind powered raft? Challenge your family to a raft race this weekend. All you need is paper, straws and tape.

Full challenge details here>
https://t.co/In2xvzaVNh

#makereducation #sciencefromhome #homeschoolinguk

[Kristiina Kumpulainen @KriKumpulainen]

Understanding young children's digital literacy practices in homes is of increased importance. Our latest article offers some lenses to study this complex phenomena @HeidiSairanen @anordstr @HelsinkiPLC @EduSciHelsinki @digilitey @LECIGroup https://t.co/O1QjbKlX39

[Maker{Futures} @Maker_Futures]

New challenge to help use up some of those delivery cardboard boxes. 📦

Try making musical instruments using these and other bits found around the house. 🎶🎸 ➡️➡️ https://t.co/FUHssnNQer

Visit https://t.co/sYMdfKcJhM

#MakerEdUK #makers #HomelearningUK #HomeSchoolingUK

[Maker{Futures} @Maker_Futures]

Want to be an inventor? Practice #makes perfect! 💯

🔎 Be an inventor for a day. See ➡️ https://t.co/cHcAHVUH2H

Find more activities here: https://t.co/4wKjruiiGF

#MakerEd #Makerspace #HomeLearning

[Jackie Marsh @jackiemarsh]

For those who might have to stay home with young children over the next months, these apps may be of interest https://t.co/RAb4BbeKjj and there are also resources online to support active movement, such as these: https://t.co/jWBdQtbFmF and https://t.co/NCUsmAYHUV

[Sonia Livingstone @Livingstone_S]

“Digital media is becoming fully embedded in the daily lives of young children yet early learning practitioners are failing to receive the support they need to include technology within teaching provision.”

By @kate_gilchrist @digilitey @jackiemarsh

https://t.co/qAVN5Z1k1o

[Pekka Mertala (@[email protected]) @MertalaPekka]

My conference paper from @digilitey summer school reached 100 reads @ResearchGate

https://t.co/lZmHJCGesq

[Department for Education @educationgovuk]

Our expert panel have approved six educational apps, designed to help boost a child's learning at home featuring:

📚interactive story books

✍️handwriting exercises using AI

🎮educational video games

👉https://t.co/ilvHfbnQCw

[Jackie Marsh @jackiemarsh]

It was a pleasure to chair the Early Years Apps panel for @educationgovuk and work with the brilliant panel members - @OlivaceousD @JDLiteracyTrust @PeterRobinson81 @AntonioGould Rosie Flewitt, Jane Lewis and Sandra Mathers - outcomes here: https://t.co/NBhF1o7JCT

[Jackie Marsh @jackiemarsh]

Excited to receive today my own copy of the @MakEY_Project book I edited with @aliciablumross and @KriKumpulainen - table of contents can be found here: https://t.co/4S6gxvuxW0

[Alicia Blum-Ross @aliciablumross]

Fantastic, creative, evidence based advice for parents of under5s who need advice on how to think about #screentime from the @digilitey and @FrameWorksInst teams

[Jackie Marsh @jackiemarsh]

The initial list of apps that have been given a 'quality mark' by our @educationgovuk Expert Panel can be found on this site: https://t.co/9ceMTxJtZX. Additional guidance for parents on choosing and using apps can be found here: https://t.co/kVoyKtvujZ

[Reijo Kupiainen @rkupiainen]

Finally got the hard copy of The #Routledge Handbook of #DigitalLiteracies in #EarlyChildhood including our @TampereUni_EduLit article on Future Pedagogical Approaches. Thanks @digilitey @KuljuPirjo @MHMakinen This is an amazing handbook.