Complete Program

Welcoming Reception Sunday, March 21, 2010
Reception and Presentation of TEDx Leadership Pittsburgh Prize for Teachers

More Real than Real: Technology as a Facilitator of Imagination, Knowledge, and Understanding
Don Marinelli, Ph.D., Executive Producer, Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University

Learning Lives Documentary Project
Ellen Galinsky, President, Families and Work Institute

New Work Expo
Moderator: Illah Nourbakhsh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Panelists:
Angela C. Santomero, Founder and Executive Producer, Out of the Blue Enterprises
Nancy Steingard, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Jane Werner, Executive Director, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

Keynote Speaker
Milton Chen, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, The George Lucas Educational Foundation, Edutopia

Debate and Create Ideation Session
Moderator: David Kleeman, President, American Center for Children and Media
Panelists:
Warren Buckleitner, Ph.D., Editor, Children’s Technology Review
J.J. Johnson, Partner, Sinking Ship Entertainment
Donna Mitroff, Ph.D., President, Mitroff & Associates
Linda Simensky, Vice President, Children’s Programming, PBS

Reception on Monday, March 22, 2010
Presentation of the 2010 Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarships, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

New Day in the Neighborhood
Family Communications, Inc. - Kevin Morrison, Cathy Cohen Droz, Lesli Rotenberg

Public Policy in Early Learning and Children’s Media
Moderator:  William Isler, President, Family Communications, Inc.
Panelists:
Joan Lombardi, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Harriet Dichter, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare

Panel Discussion: Creative Play and Children’s Media
Moderator:  Ellen Wartella, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Fred Rogers Center Fellow
Panelists:
Jim Gray, Ed.D., Director of Learning, Leapfrog
Susan Linn, Ed.D., Director, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
Rosemarie Truglio, Ph.D., VP of Education and Research, Sesame Workshop

Panel Discussion: Digital Access Through Digital Diversity
Moderator:  Michael Levine, Ph.D., Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
Panelists:
Kristen Purcell, Ph.D., Associate Director, Research, Pew Internet and American Life Project
Susan Zelman, SVP, Chief Advisor & System Consultant for Education Policy, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

NAEYC Position Statement on Technology and Media
A collaboration between the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Fred Rogers Center
Moderator: Chip Donohue, Ph.D., Erikson Institute, Fred Rogers Center Fellow
Panelists:
Jerlean Daniel, Ph.D., Executive Director Designate, National Association for the Education of Young Children
Roberta Schomburg, Ph.D., Carlow University, Fred Rogers Center Fellow

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