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

Sheffield, England
Joined May 2016
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Guidance for parents on children's digital play: legofoundation.com/media/285… This was developed through our study with the @LEGOfoundation on play and technology: legofoundation.com/en/learn-…
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! makerfutures.org/adventures-…
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The amazing work of @KevinClarkPhD can be seen in this exciting new Netflix series netflixbookmarks.com and he also has pulled together resources for talking to children about racism - cdmid.gmu.edu/picks. Please share widely!
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DigiLitEY retweeted
buff.ly/2Qpm3kd 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!
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
New study: Play with digital technologies nurtures children’s skills, subject knowledge, emotional well-being and family relations. 👉 bit.ly/2zHgjh1 #digitalplay #digitaltech @sheffielduni @UCT_news @WISE_Tweets
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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!
Replying to @RAEngNews
In South Yorkshire, the MakerMove programme will support an interactive mobile makerspace, featuring engineering activities including robotics, coding, and construction, to engage groups at risk of social and digital exclusion. raeng.org.uk/news/news-relea… #RAEngIngenious
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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> bit.ly/2WYrMS7 #makereducation #sciencefromhome #homeschoolinguk
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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. 🎶🎸 ➡️➡️ bit.ly/2wXQQyH Visit makerfutures.org/programme/m… #MakerEdUK #makers #HomelearningUK #HomeSchoolingUK
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Want to be an inventor? Practice #makes perfect! 💯 🔎 Be an inventor for a day. See ➡️ bit.ly/2K5ZQEK Find more activities here: bit.ly/2RJFPrP #MakerEd #Makerspace #HomeLearning
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 👉gov.uk/government/news/early…
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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: gov.uk/government/news/early…
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: crcpress.com/Enhancing-Digit…
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Fantastic, creative, evidence based advice for parents of under5s who need advice on how to think about #screentime from the @digilitey and @FrameWorksInst teams
Which is not to say parents don't need #screentime guidelines - they do - here's ours, from @digilitey What matters is activities, interaction, imagination (forget watching the clock) @CMO_England @CathCalderwood1 @CMOWales digilitey.eu/wp-content/uplo…
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The initial list of apps that have been given a 'quality mark' by our @educationgovuk Expert Panel can be found on this site: hungrylittleminds.campaign.g…. Additional guidance for parents on choosing and using apps can be found here: gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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.
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