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This blog post was originally published by foundry10 and appears here with permission.  On a late June morning at Reykjavík University in Iceland, researchers, educators, clinicians, and designers from all over the world convened for the the 24th annual ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference to share the latest research findings, innovative methodologies, and new technologies in the areas of inclusive child-centered design, learning and interaction. foundry10 Senior Researcher Jennifer Rubin and Technology, Media, and Information Literacy Team Lead Riddhi Divanji were excited to…

When we design for children, we design both for the present and for the future. Childhood experiences have an impact on children, which translates into long-term effects on the population and society—our collective future. Excluding children from our thinking is a systemic bias and we work to change that.  Designing for Children’s Rights (D4CR) is a global non-profit association, working in collaboration with UNICEF to create awareness about the importance of keeping children’s rights in mind when building products and…