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Into the Digital Future: Digital Self-Harm and Empathy in the Digital Age with Sameer Hinduja

In this episode of Into the Digital Future, Dr. Sameer Hinduja, Co-Director of the Cyberbullying Research Center, joins hosts Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro to explore the complexities of youth

What Children Think About “Age Appropriateness” in Games

In the last five years, there has been mounting public interest in the relationship between digital technology use and children’s wellbeing. New policies and legislation aimed at promoting children’s rights

Different but complementary: Navigating AI’s role in children’s learning and development

As a researcher focusing on AI and child development (and also as a parent of two), I have seen many instances of kids talking to conversational AI agents like Siri,

Bringing RITEC Learnings to Life and Putting them into Practice

During the week of the 2024 Games for Change Festival, the Cooney Center had the privilege of helping to organize a series of events to bring the Responsible Innovation in

Why Children Are Susceptible to Online Misinformation

In February 2019, a story titled “California newborn becomes first baby to be named an emoji” circulated widely on social media. The story claimed a mother had named her baby

Using Hypothetical ‘Would You Rather’ Scenarios to Discuss Privacy and Security Concepts with Children

When I was a fourth-grade teacher, a minor scandal broke out when a student—who had proudly shared his private password with several friends—logged into our school library platform to find

Designing Edtech for Young Learners

Key ideas and recommendations for edtech developersChildren aren’t small adults. This might seem obvious to parents and educators, but, as we learned in our research for the recently released whitepaper,

New Research from UNICEF Innocenti Tests the RITEC Framework with Kids

We are very excited to share new research produced by UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight as part of the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC)

Can Digital Games Enhance Children’s Well-being?

The importance of play for children’s development and learning has long been recognized by parents, educators and researchers.1 Much of our lives are now being lived in digital contexts, and

Can YouTube help kids learn? Describing the quality of early literacy and math videos online

A new report from SRI Education describes the quality of educational YouTube videos for prekindergarten- and kindergarten-age children. Findings point to surprising differences from educational television shows, including less use