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Hoot Reading: From Playful Beginnings to High-Impact Literacy Edtech

For nearly two decades, edtech entrepreneur Carly Shuler has focused on how technology can best support and amplify the human connections at the heart of teaching and learning.This mission drove

Lori Takeuchi: The Cooney Center Family

In my 12 years at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center—from 2008 to 2020—I developed the research chops and professional network required to do what I do now as a program

Rocío Almanza Guillén: Reflections on 15 Years of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

It was December 2013. I was finishing my master’s program in Media Design for Learning at NYU when one of my professors told me about a position at Sesame Workshop

Jenny Ng: Reflections on 15 Years of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Jenny Ng was at the Cooney Center as an administrative coordinator in 2019. She’s currently a project manager at Noggin.   I am a mom to three young children and

Sarah Vaala: Reflections on the 15 Years of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Sarah Vaala was a Cooney Center Research Fellow from 2011-2012, and the author of Aprendiendo Juntos (Learning Together): Synthesis of a cross-sectorial convening on Hispanic-Latino families and digital technologies.   

Celebrating 15 Years of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

​​Do you remember 2007? It’s a year that sparked a massive transformation in technology. Yes, there have been mobile phones since the 1970s— and many of us remember our Motorola

Lili Toutounas: Reflections on 15 Years of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Lili Toutounas was in charge of keeping everything organized and running while she was at the Cooney Center. And while people have confused her for a stern British lady while

Carly Shuler: Looking Back on 15 Years of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Carly Shuler authored several reports, including D is for Digital, Pockets of Potential, and  Learning: Is there an app for that? during her time with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center from

National STEM Video Game Challenge Inspires a Winner’s College Studies

Olivia Thomas was one of the winners of the National STEM Video Game Challenge (2015-16). Now studying computer science and games, interactive media, and mobile development at Boise State University,