
“Technology’s Child is the book we’ve been waiting for — deeply informative about how connected technology impacts children’s sense of self, their relationships, and their learning. This thoughtful and deeply researched account will inform parents, educators, and (hopefully) designers, too.”
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Katie Davis, author of Technology’s Child
Dr. Katie Davis is Associate Professor at the University of Washington (UW) and Director of the UW Digital Youth Lab.
For nearly 20 years, Katie has been researching and speaking about the impact of digital technologies on young people’s learning, development, and well-being.
In her latest book, Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up, Katie draws on her career in research and teaching as well as her experiences as a parent and educator to bring clarity to what we know about technology’s role in child development.
News & Updates
September 13, 2023
Featured speaker at Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance’s Annual PA Child Abuse Prevention Symposium
August 2023
Guest podcast appearances on Know Them, Be Them, Raise Them and 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms
July 2023
Guest podcast appearances on Parenting Beyond Discipline, Dastardly Cleverness, and Tilt Parenting
June 2023
Guest podcast appearances on Mindful Mama, Parenting Horizons, and Brainy Moms.
May-June, 2023
Technology’s Child reviewed in the May-June issue of Harvard Magazine
May-June, 2023
Q&A in Seattle’s Child about navigating childhood friendship in a digital age
May 23, 2023
Guest on No Guilt Mom podcast
May 10-12, 2023
Featured speaker at the (Re)Connected Kids Summit, hosted by GoZen!, creator of social and emotional learning programs
April 23, 2023
Guest on the Artificiality podcast with Helen and Dave Edwards
April 19, 2023
Guest on New Day Northwest with Amity Addrisi, KING 5 TV (Seattle’s NBC affiliate)
April 13, 2023
Public talk about Technology’s Child at the Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
March 31, 2023
Invited talk on Technology’s Child at the HCI Institute’s Seminar Series, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
March 23, 2023
Public talk about Technology’s Child at Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA (see the write-up on the iSchool website)
March 20, 2023
Returned to alma mater to give a book talk on Technology’s Child as part of the Gutman Library Book Talks, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
March 17, 2023
Invited guest on No Such Thing, a podcast about education in the digital age hosted by Marc Lesser.
March 17, 2023
Visited the MIT Teaching Systems Lab to give a talk about Technology’s Child, Cambridge, MA
March 16, 2023
Visited the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, to talk about Technology’s Child.
March 14, 2023
Visited the University of Pennsylvania to talk about Technology’s Child at the Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA
March 13, 2023
Guest on Harvard EdCast from Harvard Graduate School of Education, discussing how children engage with technology at each stage of development and how they can best be supported.
March 6, 2023
Visited the Ann Arbor as part of the University of Michigan’s Interactive and Social Computing (MISC) speaker series, Ann Arbor, MI
March 2023
Technology’s Child chosen by The Next Big Idea Club as a March 2023 Must-Read Book!
February 8, 2023
Guest speaker at the Parent Education Series, Eton School, Bellevue, WA
February 5, 2023
Invited guest on No Silly Questions, a parenting podcast hosted by educators Danielle Freilich and Jordana Fruchter.