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Please Vote for Our SXSWEdu 2021 Panel!

by Cooney Center Team
November 10, 2020

It’s that time of year again – time to vote for your favorite SXSW EDU 2021 panels. We’re disappointed not to be able to share tacos with you in Austin,

Let’s Talk About Public Media and the Next Generation

by Patrick Davison, Monica Bulger, and Mary Madden
October 26, 2020

It seems like we’re having a lot of conversations about teens and tweens these days. Or youth? Young people? All of these terms get used by various disciplines, and some

Kids at Home During School Closure: Is Virtual Reality Helping Them?

by Géraldine Fauville, Marijn Mado and Jeremy Bailenson
May 18, 2020

Our colleagues at Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab are conducting a research survey to investigate the role of VR in educational strategies catered to children while families are sheltering

Parenting with Alexa While the Family is at Home

by Erin Beneteau
May 1, 2020

Balancing working from home, schooling from home, playing at home, and just having the entire family at home during these times can be a challenge. For families who have dedicated

Lessons from Screen Captured: How Families Can Get the Most Out of Tech in Uncertain Times

by Sean Herman
March 26, 2020

As if any of us needed a reminder, the last few days showed us how quickly things can change. A month ago—or even a week ago—no one knew quite how

Digital Media Can Help Preschoolers Learn Real-World Science Skills

by Claire Christensen, Lucy Nelson, and Megan Silander
March 5, 2020

Young children spend about two hours each day using screen-based media, about half of which is spent on educational media, according to their parents. Many studies report that children can

We Need Sparks of Insight and Inspiration

by Björn Jeffery
February 4, 2020

Back in 2010, I sat in a small office on Sveavägen in Stockholm, Sweden. It was fall, which in Scandinavia means that it is dark all the time, and rainy

The Most Successful Edtech Business Plan You’ve Never Read

by Jennifer Carolan
January 17, 2020

This article was originally published on Medium in 2016 when Sesame Workshop joined forces with Reach Capital to invest in emerging companies innovating in education, health, and social welfare for

A Letter from Joan Ganz Cooney

by Joan Ganz Cooney
December 9, 2019

You may have heard that television programming in the 1960s was called a “vast wasteland.” by then-FCC Chairman Newton Minow. From the beginning, Lloyd Morrisett and I were both convinced

Fostering Girls’ Motivation to Pursue Digital Opportunities

by Allison Fine Mishkin
September 12, 2019

Young adults face many options when they go online—they might learn a new skill or lurk on a Discord channel; make a new friend or mock an existing one; create

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