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In this episode of ‘Into the Digital Future,’ hosts Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro welcome Lucy Thomas, co-founder and CEO of Project Rockit. Discover how Lucy and her team address bullying, hate, and prejudice, amplifying youth voices to create safer online spaces. Learn about Project Rockit’s unique approaches and the importance of involving young people in tech and social development. Whether you’re a parent, educator, or tech professional, this conversation offers invaluable insights into building a kind and inclusive digital…

Happy August! It’s Panel Picker Time — one of our favorite times of year here at the Cooney Center. Our team has spent most of the summer so far dreaming of tacos and tunes in Texas! We can’t wait to catch up with old friends and meet new colleagues next March at SXSW EDU 2025- and we’re so obsessed we might have been caught planning our proposals while on wifi-free vacations. Just kidding! (Sort of.) This time, we’re looking forward…

Key ideas and recommendations for edtech developers Children aren’t small adults. This might seem obvious to parents and educators, but, as we learned in our research for the recently released whitepaper, Context Is Everything: Reimagining Edtech for Early Learners, some designers (and purchasers) of edtech tools for elementary learners neglect this basic fact – which may explain in part why 70% of teachers in a recent Seesaw survey indicated that the edtech tools they use in their classrooms do not…

In January 2024, the Cooney Center announced 10 fellows in our inaugural Well-being By Design cohort. Since then, the fellows have been meeting regularly to learn about the frameworks and approaches that can help media and technology companies integrate well-being principles deeply into their products for children. During this period, the fellows have had opportunities to workshop their emerging insights with a parallel cohort of teenagers in the Cooney Center’s Youth Design Team. With representation from across three US time…

Update, Nov. 2023: We are thrilled to share that both of our proposals have been accepted!  Please check out Co-Design for a More Inclusive EdTech Ecosystem (SXSW Edu) and Cultivating Citizenship Through Digital Connections (SXSW) and join us if you’ll be in Austin! We will update with schedule information as soon as we learn more.   Suddenly it’s August again. Like us, you might be thinking about how summer has flown by while adjusting to new school schedules, or you…