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Announcing the Well-being by Design Fellows

by Allisyn Levy
January 16, 2024

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center is thrilled to announce the 10 fellows who have joined our inaugural Well-being by Design Fellowship, which is supported by Pinterest and foundry10. The fellows

Into the Digital Future: Designing for the Positive Possibilities of Technology with Jaspal Sandhu

by Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro
November 14, 2023

In this episode, Jordan and Laura sit down with Jaspal Sandhu, Executive Vice President at Hopelab, a social innovation lab dedicated to supporting the mental health and well-being of young

Expanding a Child’s Network of Learning Opportunities with Design Squad Maker

by Paula Menta Rodriguez
September 20, 2023

Kids had fun using Design Squad Maker, saying they liked “figuring out a problem to solve” and “making something useful with my hands and figuring out how it works and

Well-Being by Design Fellowship: Call for Applications

by Medha Tare
September 13, 2023

The Call for Applications period has closed. Please learn about our Fellows here!The Cooney Center is excited to announce our new Well-being by Design Fellowship, supported by Pinterest. We invite

Designing Digital Play for Well-Being at the 20th Anniversary Games for Change Festival

by Sarah Jacobstein
August 7, 2023

The Cooney Center was thrilled to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Games for Change Festival alongside an incredible community of thoughtful people dedicated to making games and the world

Let Kids Wonder, Question, and Make Mistakes: How the Designers of Children’s Technology Think about Child Well-being

by Rotem Landesman, Jenny Radesky, and Alexis Hiniker
August 1, 2023

Along with rolling heat waves, rising gas prices, and the occasional new social media site, the recent news cycle has been dominated by commentary on the potential risks, harms, and

Designing Digital Play for Well Being at Games for Change 2023: Panel and Workshop

by Administrator
June 28, 2023

Panel: Designing Digital Play for Well-Being at Games for Change 2023 July 18, 2023 at 1:45pm The Times Center | Main StageHow do we define well-being in a digital world

“We would have created our own ‘adult’ version of fun”: Adult co-designers’ perspectives on designing technology with children

by Medha Tare and Mona Leigh Guha
June 22, 2023

What happens when you are trying to design a new technology for kids and things do not go as expected? In the case of the University of Maryland KidsTeam, you

Designing Tech for Kids’ Well-Being at ASU+GSV 2023

by Sarah Jacobstein
May 30, 2023

Is it possible to create digital media experiences that will help children—and adults— thrive? And what are the tools and resources that can help make these experiences a reality?In the

Identifying Opportunities to Design Equitable and Enriching Digital Experiences for All Children

by Medha Tare
April 17, 2023

Researchers gathered last month at the biennial Society for Research in Child Development conference in Salt Lake City to discuss the impacts of various technologies and media on children’s learning

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