Video of Recent Interview with Galinsky about Children’s Media

I had the pleasure on Thursday of conducting a public, hour-long interview with Ellen Galinsky, author of Mind in the Making, founder of the Families and Work Institute and a recent guest here at New America. The interview grappled with how Galinsky’s book could influence creators of children’s media and included several moments in which Galinsky showed videos of experiments that informed her book. The event was held at Columbia University’s Teachers College, and was hosted by the American Center for Children and Media. (In fact, the first few minutes of the event included ACCM clips from some new and inspiring children’s programs that are broadcast in other countries.)

 

The video is now on YouTube, courtesy of Scott Traylor, 360KID founder and blogger and an able writer in his own right on the intersections of media, technology, education and the needs of children. Of course, the conversations on this video only scratch the surface of what media makers and child development experts can take away from new research on how children learn. But it’s heartening to see them coming together in a forum like this.