Kids’ Inclusive and Diverse Media Action Project (KIDMAP)
In 2017, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center partnered with the Kids’ Inclusive and Diverse Media Action Project (KIDMAP), formerly known as Diversity in Apps. This collective, made up of media creators, producers, researchers, educators, and parents, is committed to putting all kids on the digital media map. They spearheaded a number of initiatives that support the creation of diverse and inclusive children’s media through research, best practices, and collaboration.
- The Diverse and Inclusive Growth (DIG) Toolkit equips creators of children’s media with a roadmap to creating products that are more equitable, diverse, and inclusive. It is organized around nine milestones in the production process, from hiring a creative team to marketing a final product.
- The DIG Checklist was designed to help reviewers, researchers, parents, librarians, and educators identify and recognize high-quality, inclusive children’s digital media. Use the checklist as a rubric for evaluating or rating children’s media. Producers and creators can use the checklist as a guide to producing high-quality children’s media that is inclusive, equitable, and accessible.
- Join Kabir Seth and Amy Kraft for the Diversity Sauce Podcast. They discuss current topics around diversity and inclusion in the news and interview key players in the children’s media space. Guests have included Cooney Center Senior Fellow Vikki Katz, CommonSense Media Director of Research Michael Robb, and Tech with Kids founder Jinny Gudmundsen.
- Introducing KIDMAP
- A Checklist for Evaluating Diverse Children’s Media
- Introducing the Diversity Sauce Podcast
- Reflections from a Participant in the Equity and Inclusivity Workshop at IDC
- Intentional Design for Digital Inclusion: Developing Energetic Alpha for Preschoolers
- Into the Digital Future: What Black Feminism Can Teach Us About Children’s Media Experiences with Amanda LaTasha Armstrong
