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SUMMARY:Edtech Insiders Webinar: Co-Design Secrets: How the Best Edtech Teams Build Products that Work
DESCRIPTION:Michael Preston and Medha Tare will participate in an upcoming Edtech Insiders webinar on June 13\, 225 at 12pm – 1pm ET.\n\nCo-design has become a buzzword in edtech—but what does it really take to make it work in practice? Join us for a candid conversation with leading experts who have successfully embedded co-design into their product development cycles. We’ll explore how to move beyond surface-level engagement to authentic collaboration with educators and learners—without breaking the bank or slowing down innovation.\n\nWhether you’re a startup founder\, product manager\, or researcher\, this session will leave you with actionable strategies to make co-design a core part of your process—and build better products as a result.\n\nIn this webinar\, you’ll learn:\n– Why most co-design efforts fall short—and how to avoid common pitfalls\n– Practical methods for engaging diverse users efficiently and effectively\n– How to balance speed\, cost\, and inclusivity in the product design process\n– Real-world examples of successful co-design from leading edtech teams\nFeatured Speakers: \n 	Michael Preston\, Senior Vice President & Executive Director at Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop\n 	Medha Tare\, PhD\, Senior Director of Research at Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop\n 	Katie Boody Adorno\, Founder & CEO of Leanlab Education\n 	Alicia Quan\, Founder & Designer at UX of Edtech\n 	Wyman Khuu\, Head of Learning Engineering at Playlab AI\n\n\nWatch the recording here:
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/edtech-insiders-webinar-co-design-secrets-how-the-best-edtech-teams-build-products-that-work/
CATEGORIES:Community,Cooney Center presenting
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SUMMARY:SZCF Presents Meeting the Moment Webinar Series with Dan Wuori: Children and Screens
DESCRIPTION:In an increasingly online world\, we are only beginning to understand the effects – both beneficial and detrimental – of digital media on children’s development. What should parents and professionals know about setting appropriate limits and choosing digital content wisely? Join the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation on Friday\, June 20 (12pm eastern) for a conversation about children and screens\, featuring Cooney Center Senior Fellow Amanda Lenhart\, along with Kris Perry (Children and Screens Institute)\, Dr. Shayl Griffith (Florida International University)\, and moderator Dr. Dan Wuori (Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation).\n\nJune 20\, 2025\n12:00pm ET\nZoom\n\nRegister here.\n\n 
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/szcf-presents-meeting-the-moment-webinar-series-with-dan-wuori-children-and-screens/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Cooney Center presenting
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SUMMARY:Workshop at IDC 2025: Grasping Data: Exploring interdisciplinary approaches for investigating children’s interactions with their personal data
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, June 23\, 2025\, Cooney Center Post Doctoral Fellow for Co-Design Liza Gak will participate in a hybrid workshop at IDC.\n\nUnlike any previous generation\, children’s lives are now highly datafied\, tracked\, and digitally monitored. They are increasingly vulnerable to data collection from seemingly innocuous toys and devices with cameras\, sensors\, voice recognition\, and geolocation. Yet\, children typically lack awareness or control over these data exchanges\, as consent is usually given by adult caregivers (who may also lack data literacy). Despite regulatory improvements\, interdisciplinary approaches remain crucial to empowering children to understand\, value\, and manage their personal data. How can the IDC community involve children in designing and using their personal data? This workshop unites experts to explore current practices.\n\nDespite a growing public awareness of technology’s accelerating capacity to capture\, process and exploit personal data\, this has not been matched by efforts to promote understanding of the myriad ways in which our information is harvested. Children and young people in particular are increasingly exposed to risks through their use of apparently innocuous toys and devices that can generate data from everyday interactions. What methods are being used across IDC to explore children’s understanding of personal data? What steps can we as a community take to ensure children are kept safe and yet have agency over their data?\n\nThe goals of this workshop are:\n\n1) to create an explorative visual mapping of the methods and mindsets currently used by the IDC community around children and personal data and in which contexts.\n\n2) to understand where and how children are being included in research and design concerning their personal data.\n\n3) to converge on a set of principles or a manifesto for the design community to follow on best practice in such contexts.\n\nLearn more about the workshop here.
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/workshop-at-idc-2025-grasping-data/
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DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Reykjavik:20250623T130000
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SUMMARY:Workshop at IDC 2025: Designing AI for Children’s Well-Being
DESCRIPTION:This hybrid workshop aims to convene an interdisciplinary community of researchers\, industry professionals\, and experts in AI and child well-being to pave the way for future research and practice that seeks to design AI technologies with children’s well-being in mind. \n\nWe invite participants from various disciplines and backgrounds to join us in shaping the future of AI for children’s well-being. Participants are invited to submit short position papers (up to 2 pages using the double-column ACM SIGCHI Paper Format) related to their experience\, plans\, research\, and/or evaluation of AI tools used by children by April 15th. Please see details about the Call for Participation and Submissions here.\n\n\nDate/Time: June 23rd\, 2025/  1:00pm-6:30pm GMT  \nLocation: Reykjavik\, Iceland (co-located with IDC 25) and online \nFormat: Hybrid (in-person & online) \nOrganizers: \n\nRotem Landesman | University of Washington\nMedha Tare | Joan Ganz Cooney Center\nRiddhi Divanji | foundry10\nJennifer Rubin | foundry10\nAzi Jamalian | The GIANT Room
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/workshop-at-idc-2025-designing-ai-for-childrens-well-being/
LOCATION:Hybrid: with IDC and virtual
CATEGORIES:Cooney Center presenting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T080000
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SUMMARY:Panel at IDC 2025: Innovating Digital Play: Partnership for research-driven industry impact
DESCRIPTION:The goal of this panel is to present a research and industry design deployment collaboration\, in designing digital play for children’s well-being. The panel will share processes\, learnings\, and ideas moving forward\, as they are experienced in the Responsible Innovation in Technology (RITEC) project\, led by UNICEF and The LEGO group.\n\nDetails: Shuli Gilutz (UNICEF) will present UNICEF’s work on driving impact in the gaming industry to support children’s well-being through the design of digital play. This includes cross-sectoral partnerships\, translating research into practical guidance for practitioners\, and moving beyond traditional advocacy to achieve meaningful impact. Pia Breum Colin (The LEGO Group) will discuss how the RITEC research is being applied within the LEGO Group’s products and internal practices. Michael Preston (JGCC) will share The Cooney Center’s efforts to build awareness and promote adoption within the industry by engaging practitioners and key stakeholders. Maria Janelli (Scratch) will highlight Scratch’s unique approach to incorporating theory into the platform\, showcasing an innovative method of integrating research into digital products.\n\nMore about the RITEC projectJune 26\, 2025 | 9:00 am GMTPanelists\n 	Shuli Gilutz\, PhD – UNICEF\n 	Pia Breum Corlin – The LEGO Group\n 	Michael Preston\, PhD – Joan Ganz Cooney Center\n 	Maria Janelli\, PhD – The Scratch Foundation\n\n \n\nLearn more about the panel here: https://idc.acm.org/2025/panels/\n\n 
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/panel-at-idc-2025-innovating-digital-play-partnership-for-research-driven-industry-impact/
CATEGORIES:Cooney Center presenting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T110000
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SUMMARY:Playing with Well-Being By Design at Games for Change 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at the Games for Change 2025 Festival on Friday\, June 27 for a workshop on creating games that promote children’s well-being. Hear how Fred Rogers Productions\, Killer Snails\, University of Oregon\, Tiny Docs and Quest Craft are incorporating well-being by design into their games. Participants will then have a chance to ‘play’ with the ideas!\n\nFri\, Jun 27\, 2025\n11:00am – 12:30 pm\n\nSpeakers include:\n 	Noelle Posadas Shang\, Design Director\, Killer Snails\n 	Michael Preston Executive Director\, Joan Ganz Cooney Center\n 	Daniel Pimentel\, Assistant Professor\, University of Oregon\n 	Rubin Soodak\, Interactive Producer\, Fred Rogers Productions\n 	Jen Chiou\, Founder\, CodeSpeak Labs / Quest Craft\n 	Medha Tare\, Senior Director of Research\, Joan Ganz Cooney Center\n 	Sunny Williams\, Tiny Docs\n 	Allisyn Levy\, Sr. Manager\, Partnerships\, Joan Ganz Cooney Center\n\n\nLearn more about Games for Change and register here
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/playing-with-well-being-by-design-at-games-for-change-2025/
CATEGORIES:Community,Cooney Center presenting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250629T125500
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SUMMARY:ISTE x Whiteboard Advisors Solutions Summit Breakout Session: What is Co-Design in EdTech?
DESCRIPTION:Dive into the practice of co-design as a powerful method for developing impactful EdTech rooted in real classroom needs. Through hands-on activities and practical frameworks\, participants will learn how to collaborate effectively with educators\, students\, and schools to build inclusive\, research-informed products that drive meaningful learning outcomes.\n 	Allisyn Levy\, Senior Manager of Partnerships & Planning\, Joan Ganz Cooney Center\n 	Jenny Bradbury\, Senior Director of R&D for EdTech and Emerging Technologies\, Digital Promise\n 	Dr. Brandon Olszewski\, Senior Director of Research\, ISTE+ASCD\n 	Andy Midgette\, Director of EdTech Partnerships\, LeanLab Education\n 	\nChris Liang-Vergara\, Senior Advisor\, AERDF\n\nLearn more and register at the link here.\n\nDate: 6/29/2025\n\nTime: 12:55pm CT\n\nLocation: Texas Grand Hyatt San Antonio\, Ballroom D&E (600 E Market Street\, San Antonio\, TX 78205).
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/iste-x-whiteboard-advisors-solutions-summit-breakout-session-what-is-co-design-in-edtech/
CATEGORIES:Cooney Center presenting
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