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Talking About Designing Tech for Well-Being at SXSW 2023

by Sarah Jacobstein and Emily Weissman
March 24, 2023

Where were all the influential tech and media companies hanging out in early March? They were all at SXSW 2023— and so was the Cooney Center! We’re back from an

Designing with Kids: How Children and Adults Can Co-create New Technology

by Medha Tare
March 22, 2023

Educational media for children should be designed to ensure learning is meaningful and playful. Children should actively engage with content, connect material to what matters to them, and have a

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

by Administrator
March 17, 2023

What does well-being for children in the digital age look like?A growing movement acknowledges that it’s not enough to worry about technology’s potential harm to children; it is time to

Designing for Digital Well-Being at SRCD 2023

by Administrator
March 13, 2023

On Friday, March 24, the Cooney Center’s Senior Director of Research Medha Tare will moderate Designing for Digital Well-being: Frameworks for Optimizing Positive Media Experiences for Children and Families, a

The Designing for Digital Thriving Challenge is Live!

by Emily Weisman, Catherine Jhee
October 5, 2022

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center is excited to join forces with Riot Games, IDEO, and the Fair Play Alliance to announce the “The Designing for Digital Thriving Challenge.” Co-hosted by

Playtest with Kids with the Children’s Media Association

by Catherine Jhee
September 29, 2022

On September 8, 2022, The Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter hosted a virtual event featuring the Playtest with Kids toolkit. The free interactive resource from the Joan Ganz Cooney

The Designing for Children’s Rights Guide

by Chris Lindgren, Jonna Tötterman and Petter Karlsson
September 26, 2022

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

What Do Children Think About Augmented Reality in Headsets?

by Julia Woodward
June 1, 2022

Augmented reality (AR) allows users to see and interact with virtual objects while still seeing their environment. AR is increasingly becoming more common and is being applied to gaming, healthcare,

No more excuses: the answer to designing a digital world fit for children is here

by Nick Martlew
January 24, 2022

2021 set off alarm bells for big tech when the courageous whistle-blowers Frances Haugen, Sophie Zhang, and Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa made front-page news of irresponsible design of technology

New Ways to Play

by Jason Krogh
February 19, 2020

This week marks the introduction of Sago Mini Boxes, a new service to promote play-based learning at home. It’s a major milestone for our team, and one that is rooted

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