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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

Six Partners Join the Joan Ganz Cooney Center Sandbox for Literacy Innovations

by Chris Berdik
April 28, 2025

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center has officially welcomed the first six edtech partners into the Cooney Center Sandbox for Literacy Innovations. Supported in part by the Walton Family Foundation, the Sandbox

Experts Guide Innovations in Literacy Learning

by Elizabeth Rood
April 21, 2025

The Cooney Center’s new initiative matters for kids and teachersEarly in my education career, I taught ninth-grade English in a small public high school. My vivacious, curious students came from

AI Tools to Support Literacy & Computational Thinking at SXSW EDU 2025

by Catherine Jhee
April 18, 2025

Generative AI is here to stay—so how can we help children understand what it is and how to use it responsibly? On March 3, 2025, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

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

Building a Sandbox for Literacy Innovation

by Chris Berdik
February 18, 2025

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center with support from the Walton Family Foundation, is excited to announce a three-year initiative with a simple, yet profound goal: ensuring that the needs and

AI Goes to School: Exploring AI’s Impact on Personalized Learning

by Rotem Landesman
December 10, 2024

I’ve recently read a few articles listing the pros, cons, and questions1 2 3 that come up when we think about the changes education will and is already experiencing with

EdTech Week: “Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? Designing EdTech for Impact”

by Leslie Berkowitz
September 27, 2024

Columbia University, Teachers College Thursday, October 10, 2024 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM[Invite-only] Lunch & Learn: “Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? Designing EdTech for Impact”Sesame Street has

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

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