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SUMMARY:Building Better Learning Tools: A Look Inside the Sandbox for Literacy Innovations
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a look inside the second year of the Sandbox for Literacy Innovations\, where early ideas are evolving into real-world tools and practices. This webinar will highlight key insights from our latest literacy report\, showcase how the consultancy has shaped partner projects and processes\, and explore how you can use co-design with kids to ensure that your technology product has strong impact.We’ll share what we have learned over the past year and a half—from practical takeaways to big questions shaping the future of literacy innovation.\n\n \n\nSpeakers:Medha Tare\, Joan Ganz Cooney Center\nAngelica DaSilva\, Joan Ganz Cooney Center\nDiane Gifford\, Joan Ganz Cooney Center\nMona Leigh Guha\, Joan Ganz Cooney Center\nBen Miller\, LeapFrog\nTaylor Davis\, iCivics\nSarah Roberston\, Khan AcademyZoom registration link:\nhttps://bit.ly/sli-progress-report
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/building-better-learning-tools-a-progress-report-from-the-sandbox-for-literacy-innovations/
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SUMMARY:Beyond WOW! Designing Quality VR Experiences for Kids at AWE 2026
DESCRIPTION:What is the key to finding success with younger users? Designing responsibly for children requires more than simplifying content. It demands thoughtful alignment with young people’s developmental capacities\, emotional needs\, and family expectations.\n\nVR platforms are increasingly full of young people\, even though the experiences were not created with young people’s unique developmental needs in mind. Many developers lack opportunities to hear directly from young users and their families and may not have reliable information about what kids need to thrive in digital spaces.\n\nIn this lightning talk\, Joan Ganz Cooney Center Senior Fellow Dr. Elizabeth Rood will share practical takeaways from a recently published set of guides for developers\, platform teams\, and funders interested in engaging younger audiences in virtual reality experiences. Based on research with pre-teens and their parents\, the guides offer actionable insights for creating VR experiences that center emotions\, relationships\, and autonomy as three north stars of design for young people.\n\nThe talk will include strategies for developing content that meets kids’ desires while also earning parents’ mark of approval as beneficial for development. Walk away inspired with actionable design guidance for creating quality immersive experiences and content for kids\, ten and older.\n\n \n\nJune 18\, 2026\n11:30 AM – 11:55 AM PDT\nGaming Stage | Expo Hall\n\nLearn more and register here
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/beyond-wow-designing-quality-vr-experiences-for-kids-at-awe-2026/
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