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Kindergarteners Are Co-Designers: Improving ScratchJr

by ScratchJr Team
June 8, 2023

Creative tools for children should be designed to ensure that learning is playful and engaging. At Scratch, we believe that it is important to use a co-design process, ensuring that

The Cooney Center’s Next 15 Years and Beyond

by Michael Preston
May 17, 2023

Years ago, when I was a lowly graduate research intern crunching data in Sesame Workshop’s content research department, I saw firsthand the great care with which the organization created high-quality

Lori Takeuchi: The Cooney Center Family

by Lori Takeuchi
May 10, 2023

In my 12 years at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center—from 2008 to 2020—I developed the research chops and professional network required to do what I do now as a program

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

Vikki Katz: Reflections on 15 Years of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

by Vikki Katz
March 6, 2023

When I met Michael Levine outside a conference at UPenn in 2012, I had no idea how much that conversation would shape my career. From my earliest visits to the

Allison Mishkin: Reflections on 15 Years of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

by Allison Mishkin
March 6, 2023

I started working at the Cooney Center out of college and grew to be the Research and Program Manager for the National STEM Video Game Challenge—a role that took me

Briana Ellerbe: Reflections on 15 Years of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

by Briana Ellerbe
February 21, 2023

Congratulations to the Joan Ganz Cooney Center on 15 years! This milestone is no small accomplishment and is a reflection of the Cooney Center’s heart and dedication to youth and

Teasing Apart the Teacher-Technology Puzzle

by Katharine Chen, Riddhi Divanji, and Lisa Castaneda, foundry10
February 8, 2023

Technology can be a transformative learning tool in the classroom. According to The National Education Technology Plan (NETP), technology has the potential to “affirm and advance relationships between educators and

David Lowenstein: Reflections on 15 Years of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

by David Lowenstein
January 31, 2023

It’s hard to believe 15 years have gone by since the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop launched. Due to the visionary force of nature that is Michael Levine,

Laurie Rabin: Reflections on 15 Years of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

by Laurie Rabin
January 30, 2023

During my junior year of college, I came across the Cooney Center while looking for potential internship opportunities. To be clear, they hadn’t posted an internship, but I just knew

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