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Immersive, Engaging, and Good for Kids: Designing XR for Youth at Games for Change 2026

by Elizabeth Rood
August 17, 2026

On July 21, I had the pleasure of sitting down with David Kleeman, Azi Jamalian, Asante Asiedu, and Jesse Schell to talk through the challenges and opportunities of making quality

Beyond WOW! Designing Quality VR Experiences for Kids at AWE 2026

by Administrator
May 7, 2026

What is the key to finding success with younger users? Designing responsibly for children requires more than simplifying content. It demands thoughtful alignment with young people’s developmental capacities, emotional needs,

Tech Parenting Isn’t a Moment. It’s a Cycle.

by Michael Preston
March 5, 2026

Conversations about children and technology tend to cluster around moments of acquisition: When should a child get a phone? Is this app appropriate? Is it too early … or already

Announcing the 2026 Well-Being by Design Fellows

by Allisyn Levy
February 2, 2026

We’re excited to begin the new year by welcoming the nine fellows selected for the third cohort of the Well-Being by Design Fellowship, supported by Pinterest and foundry10. Chosen from

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

The 2025 WBxD Fellows Take Their Show on the Road

by Sarah Jacobstein
July 31, 2025

What did our 2025 Well-Being by Design Fellows learn about designing tech with kids’ well-being in mind? A lot, it turns out!During the intensive five-month program, the 12 mid-career designers

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

Sticky Notes, Clay, and Big Ideas: The Magic of Co-Designing Edtech with Kids

by Chris Berdik
March 18, 2025

The tables were strewn with multicolored pipe cleaners, clumps of clay, construction paper, markers, feathers, scissors, tape, and other arts and crafts materials. On a Friday afternoon last June, about

Call for Applications: Well-Being by Design Fellowship 2025

by Sarah Jacobstein
September 6, 2024

The Call for Applications is now open through October 11, 2024. If you follow our work, you may have seen the incredible results produced by our inaugural cohort of Well-Being

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

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