Nicole Dreiske

Nicole Dreiske is an educational innovator and one of the country's leaders in the development of screen-based programs for educating children. As the Executive Director of the International Children's Media Center (ICMC), Dreiske develops innovative approaches for intergrating technology and media show more for 21supst/sup-century classrooms in ways that empower children ICMC's acclaimed Screen Smart program uses neuroscience-based techniques to improve literary skills, critical thinking, and social emotional learning. Her landmark methodologies and pedagogies for early childhood have been presented to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and numerous other organizations. She founded the first and largest international children's film festival in the U.S., the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. show less