Childrens Digital Media Center

Time 2021-01-17 05:03:23

Web Name: Childrens Digital Media Center

WebSite: http://cdmc.georgetown.edu

ID:169752

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Welcome! Welcome to the Children s Digital Media Center at Georgetown University. We are dedicated to understanding how digital media influence children s development.  Primarily through funds from the National Science Foundation and private foundations, we conduct research, train researchers, and disseminate information to policymakers and businesses about children and digital media in order to create a quality [ ] Video Exercise Helps Overweight, Obese Teenagers Lose Weight The first study demonstrating weight loss from video games that require physical activity has been published online in the journal Obesity by a Georgetown team comprising Amanda Staiano (G’09, G’10), psychology professor Sandra Calvert and Dr. Anisha Abraham. The analyses examined whether a 20-week exergame intervention could produce weight loss and improve psychosocial outcomes for [ ] Toddlers Learn Early Math Skill from Elmo In a recent study conducted at the Children s Digital Media Center, Dr. Calvert, Alexis R. Lauricella, and Alice Ann Howard Gola examined toddlers’ ability to learn from Elmo. This MSNBC interview features Dr. Calvert discussing their finds that toddlers performed a sequencing task better when an Elmo puppet demonstrated it than when an unfamiliar puppet performed [ ] Welcome!Video Exercise Helps Overweight, Obese Teenagers Lose WeightToddlers Learn Early Math Skill from Elmo Welcome!Welcome to the Children s Digital Media Center at Georgetown University. We are dedicated to uVideo Exercise Helps Overweight, Obese Teenagers Lose WeightThe first study demonstrating weight loss from video games that require physical activity has been pToddlers Learn Early Math Skill from ElmoIn a recent study conducted at the Children s Digital Media Center, Dr. Calvert, Alexis R. Lau Welcome to the Children s Digital Media Center at Georgetown University. We are dedicated to understanding how digital media influence children s development.  Primarily through funds from the National Science Foundation and private foundations, we conduct research, train researchers, and disseminate information to policymakers and businesses about children and digital media in order to create a quality children s media environment.Our most recent projects focus on children s learning from intelligent agents.  For example, we found that young children who had closer emotionally-tinged parasocial relationships with Dora the Explorer our intelligent character and who interacted with her using parasocial math talk mastered math skills better.   To read more about this study, click here.Please feel free to explore our website to see more of the work going on at the Children’s Digital Media Center.  If you are a parent interested in participating in current or future studies at the CDMC, please click here.  If you are a student and interested in joining our team, please fill out this form. We hope that you can join us!Sandra Calvert, Professor of PsychologyDirector, Children s Digital Media CenterCheck Out Our Social Media!                                                               Twitter                               Facebook                            Instagram Comments Off on Welcome!

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