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SUMMARY:Creating Digital Play for Children’s Well-Being: From Research to Design
DESCRIPTION:The Cooney Center and the NYU Create Lab are organizing an afternoon of learning and play on June 26 at the NYU Create Lab in Brooklyn. We will dive into the findings from new research from the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children Initiative (RITEC)\, which looks at how digital design choices impact the well-being of kids\, and explore how to apply these insights in a business environment.\n\n 	Shuli Gilutz from UNICEF will introduce the RITEC project and why it is important to children\n\n 	Jan Plass and Bruce Homer from NYU CREATE Lab  will share results from their research with kids around the world\n\n 	Pia Breum Corlin from the LEGO Group and Lise Borgstrøm Henriksen and Ole Kjær Thomasen from the LEGO Foundation will discuss how they are approaching translating RITEC research into LEGO’s work\n\n 	Everyone will have a chance to play!\n\nFor more information\, please contact us at cooney.center@sesame.org\n\n \n\nSpeakers:\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nMichael PrestonJoan Ganz Cooney Center\n\n\nShuli GilutzUNICEF\n\n\nBruce HomerCUNY Graduate School\n\n\nJan PlassNYU\n\n\nSarah Jacobstein Joan Ganz Cooney Center\n\n\n\n\nPia Breum CorlinThe LEGO Group\n\n\nOle Kjær Thomasen The LEGO Foundation\n\n\nLise Borgstrøm HenriksenThe LEGO Foundation\n\n\nFabian FroehlichResearcher\, NYU CREATE Lab\n\n\nYuli ShaoResearcher\, NYU Create Lab
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/creating-digital-play-for-childrens-well-being-from-research-to-design/
CATEGORIES:Community,Cooney Center,Cooney Center presenting
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SUMMARY:2024 Games for Change Festival
DESCRIPTION:We’re so excited for the Games for Change Festival in just a few weeks! This amazing event is back at Parsons in NYC from June 27-28. We can’t wait to talk about the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC) initiative and the forthcoming Design Guide for Business with our colleagues from UNICEF and the LEGO Group.\n\nOn Friday\, June 28\, join Shuli Gilutz\, Ph.D. for a keynote talk on the Main Stage at 10:00 AM:\n\nDesigning for Well-being in Digital Play – It’s possible! How can we design digital play for children\, that supports and enhances their wellbeing? How can we go beyond safety to create games kids will thrive in? What’s between child rights and wellbeing and how can they be incorporated in the design process? UNICEF & the LEGO group share their findings.\n\nThen at 2:00 PM\, join us for How to Build Digital Play for Well-being\, an interactive workshop with Michael Preston and Sarah Jacobstein from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center\, Shuli Gilutz\, Ph.D. from UNICEF\, Pia Breum Corlin from the LEGO Group\, Nikita Khalid from Scratch Foundation\, and Grace Collins from Snowbright Studio. In this 90-minute workshop\, participants will learn about the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC) initiative’s research findings on how digital play can impact children’s well-being. We will share guidance being developed to assist businesses in incorporating these findings into the games they design\, along with case studies.\n\nMark your calendars and get your tickets at  https://bit.ly/G4C2024_SPEAKER
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/2024-games-for-change-festival/
CATEGORIES:Community,Cooney Center
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SUMMARY:Applying Principles of Well-being to Digital Design for Kids at Play Make Learn 2024
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to be heading to Madison for the Play Make Learn conference from July 17-19\, 2024.\n\nPlease join us for a panel where we will discuss our Well-Being by Design Fellowship\, a professional development program for designers and producers of interactive kids’ technology and media to center children’s well-being in their products.  Our goal is to develop a supportive ecosystem that encourages tech and media creators to design with children’s best interests in mind\, ultimately fostering a safer\, more engaging\, and more enriching digital environment for kids with well-being at the center of the experience.Our inaugural cohort of fellows met regularly from January -April 2024 to explore different facets of well-being\, including creativity\, social connection\, and empowerment and workshopped their own products with these principles in mind. The Cooney Center’s Senior Director of Research\, Medha Tare\, will lead a conversation with three of our fellows\, Melissa Gedney (PBS Kids)\, Olivia Levenson Korchagin (Global Tinker)\, and Keeana Saxon\, Esq. (Kidogo Productions)  in a panel and interactive Q&A.\n\nJuly 19\, 2024\n10am-11am\nMulticultural Greek Council Room (4th Floor)
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/applying-principles-of-well-being-to-digital-design-for-kids-at-play-make-learn-2024/
CATEGORIES:Community,Cooney Center,Cooney Center presenting
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Designing for Kids’ Well-Being – Case Studies from the 2025 WBxD Fellows
DESCRIPTION:In this special culminating webinar on May 22\, 2025\, our incredible cohort of Well-Being by Design (WBxD) Fellows shared how they are designing to support children’s well-being through interactive digital experiences.With products that span a target range from preschool to high school\, and representing a spectrum from startups to big tech\, from physical toys to virtual reality—these innovators are reimagining what it means to build for kids.Each of our fellows will present a brief case study on how they are embedding well-being into the design of a specific product or practice. You’ll walk away with actionable insights and fresh inspiration on how frameworks like Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC) can guide the design of better digital experiences for young people.May 22\, 2025   12:00 – 1:15 pm ET Meet the 2025 Fellows
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/celebrating-designing-for-kids-well-being/
CATEGORIES:Cooney Center,Cooney Center presenting
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SUMMARY:Well-Being by Design 2026 Fellowship: Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:The Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s Well-Being by Design Fellowship is a professional development program for designers and producers of interactive kids’ technology and media. This is a free program supported by Pinterest with no fee or cost to participate.\n\nWe are thrilled to announce a call for applications for our third year of the Well-being by Design Fellowship. We invite mid-career professionals who work in interactive kids’ technology and media to apply to join our five-month program\, in which participants will workshop their current projects\, network with other children’s technology and media designers\, learn from industry leaders\, and collaborate with a youth cohort for honest feedback. Boost your understanding of child-centered technology and media design concepts so you can create great products for young people.\n\nIf you are interested in applying but have questions\, please join us for our upcoming office hours via Zoom.\n\n 	Monday\, September 22\, 2025 at 12:00 pm EDT\n 	Wednesday\, October 1\, 2025 at 12:00 pm EDT
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/well-being-by-design-2026-fellowship-office-hours/
CATEGORIES:Cooney Center
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