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Co-Design with Kids: A Toolkit for the Field

We are excited to share the launch of codesignwithkids.org — a practical, interactive resource designed to help organizations meaningfully partner with children throughout the design and development process.Too often, children

Interaction Design and Children Conference 2026

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center, along with our partners at The GIANT Room, foundry10, and the University of Washington, are pleased to be presenting four different sessions at the 2026

Evidence, Rigor, and the Race to Market

There is a fundamental disconnect in the edtech world: What’s best for profits isn’t always what’s best for learning. It’s not that edtech makers don’t care if their products help

Building Better Learning Tools: A Look Inside the Sandbox for Literacy Innovations

Join us for a look inside the second year of the Sandbox for Literacy Innovations, where early ideas are evolving into real-world tools and practices. This webinar will highlight key

From AI Reading Coaches to Audio Games: Meet the Sandbox’s New Literacy Innovators

Meet the seven product partners joining the Sandbox for Literacy Innovations for our second year. From audio games to AI-powered reading tools, these teams are working with us—and children—to design literacy experiences rooted in the science of learning and inspired by the creativity and perspectives of kids.

A Decade of Tapping, Clicking, and Reading

In 2015, the book and multimedia project Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens offered an optimistic vision for a symbiosis of media, technology, and literacy. Authored by

Experts in Fun: Kids Help Lirvana Labs Reimagine AI for Writing

One morning last August, about half a dozen 10-year-olds gathered in a New York City studio with the product team from Lirvana Labs, a partner in the Cooney Center Sandbox

SXSW EDU 2026: It’s Panel Picker Time!

Each March, the brightest minds in education, technology, and media gather in Austin, TX for SXSW EDU to explore what’s next in learning. Here at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center,

The Cooney Center Sandbox: Embedding Literacy Expertise in Edtech Innovation

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

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