UOW node meeting ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child lots to talk about regarding safe, productive and creative uses of digital technology with children. Thanks Professor Karen Murcia and @KatieFieldingDC for joining our node conversations

Will technology change how the UK’s ageing population grows older with agency and joy? Join the debate about the future of ageing on Tue 24 May in the latest session in the Designing for Your Future Self talks series, curated by Design Age Institute Tickets: bit.ly/3MV9EzY

Are you the parent of a 11–14 year old? Our next Design Camp Workshop will teach them how to develop design concepts and creative solutions for a climate-friendly city Tickets (Tue 31 May, 10.00 – 16.00): bit.ly/3wgEn3Q

Know anyone aged 11–14 who's interested in sound and ASMR? Our Design Camp Workshop on Wed 1 June will allow them to experiment with instruments, found objects and electronics to record, edit and mix their own ASMR soundscape. Tickets: bit.ly/3LR0a8t

In our latest ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child blog post, we look at a portion of findings from our Pandemic Parenting project charting parents'/carers' vision and hopes for post-pandemic family media practices. Sarah Healy 🌦 Hyeon-Seon Jeong digitalchild.org.au/blog/has-the-p…

Why are we ignoring play in the digital world? My #DigitalFutures op-ed in Education Technology calls on tech companies to redesign their products and services to be #PlayfulByDesign - with wellbeing not profit as their priority. #ChildRights 5Rights Foundation edtechnology.co.uk/comments/why-a…

Join leading experts in children's digital rights to discuss the practicalities of implementing the UK's Children’s Code in our first Digital Child x ACMI seminar. Register and more info: bit.ly/DCxACMI_2Jun

Join our expert panel Jessica Mantei, Louise Paatsch & Clara Rivera for the 2nd seminar in our research series, this time discussing what digital ethnography is and the benefits of this research method. Register here: uow-au.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Lisa Kervin sat down with The Singapore Women's Weekly to discuss how to raise a digitally confident child. Some great insights, remember not all screens are created equal! womensweekly.com.sg/gallery/family… UOW Early Start ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child

I wrote a piece for The Conversation. My suggestions for five digital games to play with your children... based on lots of excellent research on the different benefits of digital play, including our Children, Technology and Play study, led by Jackie Marsh theconversation.com/five-digital-g…

#euConsent - question: "At what age do you think your child will be old enough to make their own decisions about the website, social media, apps or games they use?" Very interesting answer and analysis from Sonia Livingstone

A new ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child research policy will ensure Indigenous research undertaken by the Centre ethically & positively serves Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children & families. #NRW2022 #BeBraveMakeChange bit.ly/3wJWX5B

Wonderful to receive a copy of Sally Brown and Ling Hao’s book - a privilege to write the forward with David Lowe and Jessica Zacher Pandya #multimodal #literacy #education

Yay for Friday- recent Flipbook experience from ACMI visit

Please share @DETVic Annabel Astbury Lauren Sayer @taradcat Independent Schools Victoria @CEMelbourne

And what a fascinating, thought provoking and informative discussion. Wonderful!

So much to keep talking about!

“Children’s privacy is enormously important and we want to make sure we’re doing everything we can...to vigorously protect children’s privacy and protect them from data abuses”-Lina Khan #edtech #FTC #Privacy usnews.com/news/politics/…

What can Australian governments & schools do to protect students' data & privacy? ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child's tiffani apps and Karley Beckman, with colleague Sarah Howard, explain the steps we can take to ensure children’s digital rights are enabled & protected. bit.ly/3xG8Gmi

📢 Join the team ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child! Research Fellow positions are now open for applications based QUT (working with @sonialjwhite) and Curtin University (working with Juliana Zabatiero (she/her) & Leon Straker). Apply & more info: digitalchild.org.au/get-involved