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Tuesday, 10:30 A.M, George Lucas Building
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Panel 1: Storytelling, Interactivity, Engagement How can storytelling with digital media be used to prompt critical thinking and fundamental literacy skills for children under 12? How can we best use the available digital media and technological tools to convey information and encourage learning? What products/tools can we imagine for the future? What should members of creative media industries, afterschool/extended learning leaders, educators, and policymakers do?
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| Moderator: Ellen Seiter, Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts |
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Karen Fowler, Executive Producer, The Electric Company
Erin Reilly, Creative Director, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab 
David Samuelson, EVP and Director of Games and Augmented Reality, Pearson
Alice Wilder, Chief Education Officer, KIDOS
Curtis Wong, Principal Researcher, Microsoft
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Panel 2: STEM, STEAM & Literacy Media creators and educational institutions have a challenge and opportunity to collaborate on high quality content that is both educationally sound and fun. How has this challenge been evolving over time and what new models are being used now? What does the future hold in store?
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| Moderator: Don Levy, Senior Vice President, Sony Digital |
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J. Alison Bryant, President and Founder, PlayScience
Scott Kinney, SVP Global Professional Development, Policy & Education Outreach, Discovery Education
Francis Nankin, Executive Producer, Cyberchase
Michael Polis, President, W!ldBrain
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Panel 3: Expanded Learning: Activity & Production, Mobile & Apps How are media supporting and challenging learning during kids' "free" time? What kind of R&D is needed to create products that are better suited to the learning and engagement children need in a digital age? How do we meet the challenge of creating "kids first" content in a diverse media environment?
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| Moderator: Mirjana Spasojevic, Director IDEA, Nokia Research Center |
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Yasser Ansari, Co-founder and Chief Leaf, Project NOAH
Jacob Blackstock, CEO and Creative Director, Bitstrips
Ana Roca Castro, CEO, Premier Social Media
Krista Marks, General Manager, Disney Online, Boulder Studios
Chris Pruett, CEO, Robot Invader
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Panel 4: Infrastructure for Supporting Digital Media and Learning What is needed at the community level to support children's learning with the "accelerator potential" of digital media? How have different organizations begun to address this challenge—and what is left to be done? What are the key "friction points" in communities and what do youth-serving organizations need to support buy-in and integration of digital media?
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| Moderator: Rhonda Lauer, President and CEO, Foundations Inc. |
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Karla Ballard, Chief of New Media and Strategic Partnerships, One Economy
Jennifer Cano, Director of Digital Learning, LA's Best
Ken Ikeda, Managing Director, Public Media Company
Judith Pickens, SVP, Program and Youth Development, Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Andrea Taylor, Director, Community Affairs, Microsoft
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Panel 5: Targeted Public Engagement Campaigns Can Hollywood's persuasive powers be used to construct public awareness campaigns addressing the nation's literacy crises? How might Forum participants get involved in a collaborative effort to produce a campaign? Which issues are athe most timely and strategic targets now? What successful models for media campaigns should we learn from?
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| Moderator: Donna Mitroff, President, Mitroff & Associates, Former President, MediaScope |
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Francie Alexander, Chief Academic Officer, Scholastic
Alice Cahn, Vice President of Social Responsibility, Cartoon Network
Dale Lipshultz, Literary Officer, American Library Association
Mary Anne Petrillo, Senior Marketing Manager, Cisco Systems
Jaime Uzeta, Vice President, Greatschools.org
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Panel 6: Promoting "Educational" Standards Some media products are being developed to promote specific educational outcomes, while many others are teaching skills either unintentionally or "under the radar." Should we create a new process to help parents and educators understand which media content is "educational"? What are the best industry and policy incentives to promote educational impact and to help producers put kids first?
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| Moderator: Kevin Clark, Associate Professor, George Mason University |
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Ryan Blitstein, Executive Director, SCE
Rita Catalano, Executive Director, Fred Rogers Center
Ann Merchant, Deputy ED, Office of Communications, The National Academies of Science
Liz Perle, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, Common Sense Media
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