Immersive, Engaging, and Good for Kids: Designing XR for Youth at Games for Change 2026 As XR technologies become more accessible, developers are increasingly creating immersive experiences for children and tweens—often without shared design standards or direct input from young users themselves. This panel explores new research from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center on how
How are teens using genAI in 2025? Find out at the FOSI 2025 Annual Conference! Amanda Lenhart, Senior Fellow at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, will moderate a Research Reaction Panel that will examine and contextualize how teens are using, thinking and feeling about generative AI. This session will feature a critical discussion with experts
Designing the Next Decade of Literacy Innovations while Reflecting on 10 Years of Rapid Change Ten years ago, Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens brought together voices from the fields of early childhood, developmental science, literacy, media, and technology to offer guidance on helping children learn to read in a digital age. This
