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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 1d

📢 New report out now!

The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child has released a new report synthesising discussions from our second Digital Childhoods Summit in Canberra (June 2025).
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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 6d

Our researchers from the Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child are running a fun and interactive Digital Citizenship Workshop Series 🎮✨.

⭐ Create and play together with digital tools
⭐ Co-create alongside researchers
⭐ Reflect on how to support your child’s digital experiences

Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 7d

Our Chief Investigator, Professor Julian Sefton-Green, has been appointed to the expert group evaluating the consequences of Australia’s social media minimum age policy 📱👧👦.

The evaluation, led by Stanford Social Media Lab, brings together 11 global and Australian experts to examine the impacts.

Digital Child Chief Investigator joins group evaluating Australia's social media minimum age policy - Digital Child

Digital Child Chief Investigator Professor Julian Sefton-Green has been named as one of the experts who will help evaluate the consequences of Australia’s social media minimum age policy. The evaluat...

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 10d

💡 Save this post and stay connected with the latest research shaping digital childhoods.

#DigitalChild #ResearchMatters #MustReads #ChildDevelopment #EdTech

Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 10d

📖 From a ‘patchwork of platforms’ to the platformized school?
Full article: bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 10d

📖 Children’s engagement with digital technology in educational spaces: A scoping review
Full article: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 10d

📖 Exploring children’s meaning-making with digital artworks through play in museums
Full article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 10d

📖 Digital provision, educators’ attitudes and the EYLF V2.0
Full article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 10d

📖 How video games and adaptive technology are helping people with disability build connections
Full article: shorturl.at/CNjPg

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 10d

✨ This week’s must-reads from our researchers ✨

Swipe 👉 to explore the latest insights shaping children’s digital worlds.

Here are the picks ⬇️

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 15d

👋 Hey everyone, we’re still looking for families in Australia with children in primary school or Year 7 to take part in a Deakin University study.

👉 Register your interest here: researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...

Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 17d

Our researchers are being featured in podcasts and media exploring children’s digital lives

Govt Social Media Crackdown Won’t Work shorturl.at/doBot

Persuasive App Design
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Play in a Digital World shorturl.at/etfBL

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 21d

A big thank you to our pre-service teachers who joined us for a STEM Stay and Play session as part of the Early Childhood Science Education unit 🌱🔬✨ It was wonderful to see hands-on exploration and playful learning in action!

Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 24d

👧👦🤖 AI for Kids: Friend or Foe?

Children are growing up surrounded by AI — from smart toys to online learning. But what does this mean for their future?

Tuesday, 28 Oct — be part of the conversation at the State Library of Queensland or online 💻

Free Tickets: events.humanitix.com/ai-for-kids-...

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 27d

✨ Stay & Play! ✨

Children aged 3–10 (and their carers) are invited to our free Blocks and Bots Stay & Play

📅 Thursday 25 September - Brisbane, QLD.
⏰ 10:00 – 11:30 am
📍 Register for Free Tickets: events.humanitix.com/stay-and-pla...
Rachel Minns, CTC Coordinator
📧 [email protected]

Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 28d

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Kerryann Walsh! 👏

She has been awarded the title of Professor Emeritus by QUT Council in recognition of her remarkable 23 years of teaching, research, and service at QUT.

Professor Walsh has dedicated more than 25 years to advancing this vital field.

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 28d

From feeding trackers to sleep apps, baby apps are changing the way parents navigate early parenthood. But are they always helpful? Let’s talk about it!

✨ Baby apps: (Mis)understandings of data-driven care
ACMI + Online
Mon 29 Sept, 5:30–7:30pm AEST
Free event

events.humanitix.com/dc-x-acmi-se...

Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 29d

🌍 From Cambridge, UK!

Our Digital Child team had the pleasure of meeting with Professor Paul Ramchandani, Director of the PEDAL Research Centre and with Emily Goodacre, RA at PEDAL.

PEDAL’s mission: discovering how play can spark change in families, schools, and communities.

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · 29d

✨ A Decade of Play and Discovery ✨

Early Start Discovery Space is more than a play zone— 🌏 it’s the world’s first children’s museum on a university campus, where creativity meets evidence-informed design.

📖 Read more about the Festival here: www.nationaltribune.com.au/festival-of-...

Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · Sep 8

👧📱 Navigating & Negotiating Children’s Use of Digital Technologies

Digital citizenship in early childhood is about more than just screen time—it’s about screen quality.

🎥 Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDej...

Navigating & Negotiating Children’s use of Digital Technologies

YouTube video by Humanities Digital Projects

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join us Tuesday, 28 October at the State Library of Queensland (or online 💻) for a FREE panel discussion with leading voices in AI and childhood.

📅 Mark your calendars and register today – free event: events.humanitix.com/ai-for-kids-...

Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · Sep 3

What did 2024 look like for us? 🚀

Think global research, local impact, new collaborations and conversations that matter for children in the digital age. 💡

📖 Take a look at our Annual Report or download it here: issuu.com/digitalchild...

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Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · Sep 1

✨ Our team had the privilege of joining the 33rd Annual EECERA Conference in Bratislava, Slovakia (25–28 August 2025).

EECERA brings together scholars, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world. This year’s theme, “Early Education for All: Celebrating Diversity and Seeking Inclusion”

Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social · Aug 21

Event: Can ChatGPT be trusted with our kids?

Tuesday 9 September 2025
RSVP by 2 September 2025: form.jotform.com/251842332403...

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The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN) @clpn.bsky.social · Aug 20

Calls for articles for 2 issues of the Australasian Journal of Early Childhood:

1. "Young Children's Insights into the Digital World".

2. "Providing Quality Professional Experience Programs in Early Childhood Initial Teacher Education".

Links & deadlines - in the comments below.

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