It All Comes Back to Innovation (2 of 7)

This video is from The New Playing Fields: Building a 21st Century Sandbox, the Sandbox Summit conference held on September 24, 2008 in New York City.

The benefits of play are well documented. Our job, as parents, educators and industry leaders, is to make sure that these benefits are enhanced -- and not overshadowed -- by emerging technologies surrounding and shaping play today. During "It All Comes Back to Innovation: The New Paradigm of Play," Maggie Jackson, journalist, Boston Globe, and author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and The Coming Dark Age moderates a lively discussion about the pros and cons of playing in multiple media. Panelists Alice Cahn, Vice President of Social Responsibility, Cartoon Network; Larry Hitchcock, Chief Executive Officer, Kidthing.com; Deborah Linebarger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania; and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, author, Einstein Never Used Flashcards.

We want our kids to be able to function in organizations that respect creativity, critical thinking, and out-of-the-box solutions. How can we help them develop the skills they need to get there?

Sandbox Summit is a series of conferences designed to address how technology affects the ways kids play, learn, and connect in today's digital world. Through high-energy panels, innovative demonstrations, original research and thought-provoking discussions with industry leaders, journalists, analysts, and educators, Sandbox Summit brings an added dimension to corporate conversations. The goal of the Sandbox Summit is to ensure that the next generation of players becomes active innovators rather than passive consumers of technology. To learn more, visit sandboxsummit.org.

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