co-design

From Fellowship to Field: How Well-being by Design Shaped Alma in the Bronx

by Dr. Mariana Diaz-Wionczek
April 6, 2026

Dr. Mariana Diaz-Wionczek was a 2025 Well-Being by Design Fellow. She shares some reflections on how her experience through the fellowship has influenced her work. During one of our co-design sessions

Learning from the Littlest Voices (and Fingers): User Testing to Shape the Development of Digital Tools for Young Learners

by Emily Hanno and Mallory Undestad
January 6, 2026

Four-year-old Arturo wiggled in his chair, eyes wide with excitement, as we handed him the tablet and asked him to tap a colorful character on the screen to start the

From Paper Penguins to Chicken Dances with Superfonik

by Chris Berdik
November 20, 2025

On a recent October afternoon, an eight-year-old girl in a pink sweatsuit with matching bows in her hair made her way to the stage—a poster-sized paper taped to the floor

Experts in Fun: Kids Help Lirvana Labs Reimagine AI for Writing

by Chris Berdik
October 24, 2025

One morning last August, about half a dozen 10-year-olds gathered in a New York City studio with the product team from Lirvana Labs, a partner in the Cooney Center Sandbox

When AI Gets It Wrong and What Children Can Learn From It

by Aayushi Dangol
September 29, 2025

Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini) is increasingly becoming part of children’s digital lives. We are seeing a new world of personalized learning apps, AI-assisted storytelling platforms, and creative tools that

Down the Minecraft Rabbit Hole: A Social and Play-Based Approach to Building Youth’s Resilience to Misinformation

by Michele Newman
August 11, 2025

Have you ever believed something and then found out it wasn’t true? It happens to all of us, even when we have the best intentions! In fact, while curiosity about

SXSW EDU 2026: It’s Panel Picker Time!

by Catherine Jhee
August 5, 2025

Each March, the brightest minds in education, technology, and media gather in Austin, TX for SXSW EDU to explore what’s next in learning. Here at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center,

Webinar: Launching the Voice of the Child

by Administrator
July 2, 2025

The Voice of the Child toolkit is an evidence-based resource designed for researchers, service providers, clinicians and others keen to involve children and young people in their work – whether

ISTE x Whiteboard Advisors Solutions Summit Breakout Session: What is Co-Design in EdTech?

by Leslie Berkowitz
June 13, 2025

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

The Cooney Center Sandbox: Embedding Literacy Expertise in Edtech Innovation

by Chris Berdik
June 10, 2025

Earlier this year, the edtech startup LitLab began testing a new feature in their classroom product that creates AI-generated storybooks for early readers. The feature is a “record me” option

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