• Family Digital Wellness Day in Roxbury, MA

    Attention, all Boston-area families: Are you looking to start off the school year with healthy digital habits? We’re excited to share Family Digital Wellness Day, a free family event at the Roxbury YMCA!  Drop in any time between 12:00 pm -2:00 pm on September 26 for interactive activities that will help families to nurture their
  • Sharing the Secret Sauce: Translating Research into Practice with Sesame Workshop & The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Meaningful Play 2026

    Join Sesame Workshop & The Joan Ganz Cooney Center for a 90-minute playful, interactive workshop at Meaningful Play. We’ll share case studies on how we’ve applied research to practice, introduce the Sesame Workshop Model and the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC) framework for designing for kids’ joy and well-being, and offer opportunities for

    Empowered or Outsourced: Rethinking Student Agency in the Age of AI at EdTech Week

    As artificial intelligence tools become fixtures in classrooms and on campuses, educators face a question that cuts to the heart of learning itself: are students becoming more capable, or are they quietly ceding the cognitive work that makes education meaningful? This panel brings together researchers, practitioners, and instructional designers to examine how AI is reshaping