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Advancing Positive Futures for Kids in the Digital World
Which avatar would you choose to help you improve your writing? ✏️ 📖 We adore these sketches drawn by a kid co-designer in one of our Lirvana Labs co-design sessions for our Sandbox for Literacy Innovations initiative.
December 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Which avatar would you choose to help you improve your writing? ✏️ 📖 We adore these sketches drawn by a kid co-designer in one of our Lirvana Labs co-design sessions for our Sandbox for Literacy Innovations initiative.
4 in 10 teens who use #genAI have talked about their feelings with a chatbot. That's just one of the findings from the Family Online Safety Insitute's "Generative AI in Uncertain Times" report. Read the full report here: bit.ly/48gJRzB
Generative AI in Uncertain Times: How Teens are Navigating a New Digital Frontier
As generative AI rapidly reshapes how we learn, create, and communicate, teenagers are among its earliest adopters. To better understand how young people are navigating this new digital frontier,…
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December 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
4 in 10 teens who use #genAI have talked about their feelings with a chatbot. That's just one of the findings from the Family Online Safety Insitute's "Generative AI in Uncertain Times" report. Read the full report here: bit.ly/48gJRzB
We're looking forward to Cooney Center Executive Director Michael Preston's keynote tomorrow (12/9) at To Code + Beyond: What’s Working(?), a conference by the K-12 Lab at @cornell_tech. Register (for free) by the end of the day today. bit.ly/3YgiEHo
To Code + Beyond: What’s Working(?) - Cornell Tech
Looking at best practice after a decade of K-12 computer science investment and research. Research-practice partnerships have built innovative, sustained K-12 computer science programs across the…
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December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We're looking forward to Cooney Center Executive Director Michael Preston's keynote tomorrow (12/9) at To Code + Beyond: What’s Working(?), a conference by the K-12 Lab at @cornell_tech. Register (for free) by the end of the day today. bit.ly/3YgiEHo
A great read from @edsurge.com: Smartwatches are increasingly becoming kids' first "phones," but the research around adoption, usage, and their impact on kids hasn't yet caught up. bit.ly/4oxv08P
What the Boom in Kids’ Smartwatches Reveals About Modern Parenting - EdSurge News
To stave off smartphones, parents buy their kids smartwatches instead. Is it a good idea?
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December 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A great read from @edsurge.com: Smartwatches are increasingly becoming kids' first "phones," but the research around adoption, usage, and their impact on kids hasn't yet caught up. bit.ly/4oxv08P
In October, the Cooney Center co-hosted the "Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI" event with @newamerica.org and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. Now on the blog- a summary of the day's takeaways: bit.ly/4pIFfrM #edtech #literacy #AIedu #scienceofreading
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In October, the Cooney Center co-hosted the "Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI" event with @newamerica.org and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. Now on the blog- a summary of the day's takeaways: bit.ly/4pIFfrM #edtech #literacy #AIedu #scienceofreading
Cooney Center Executive Director Michael Preston facilitated the “Transcending Barriers” workshop at the Google DeepMind AI for Learning forum. Participants discussed designing #AI to be effective, inclusive, and beneficial for all learners. Learn more: bit.ly/4ajSn2c
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Cooney Center Executive Director Michael Preston facilitated the “Transcending Barriers” workshop at the Google DeepMind AI for Learning forum. Participants discussed designing #AI to be effective, inclusive, and beneficial for all learners. Learn more: bit.ly/4ajSn2c
Happiest of birthdays to Joan Ganz Cooney, the co-founder and visionary behind Sesame Street, and our namesake! Joan's impact on children's media, and the world, cannot be understated. We are so grateful for the opportunity to build on her incredible work.
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Happiest of birthdays to Joan Ganz Cooney, the co-founder and visionary behind Sesame Street, and our namesake! Joan's impact on children's media, and the world, cannot be understated. We are so grateful for the opportunity to build on her incredible work.
We are beyond grateful for our fantastic community. To everyone working to advance positive futures for kids in the digital world, thank you for being here. Happy Thanksgiving from the team at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center!
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We are beyond grateful for our fantastic community. To everyone working to advance positive futures for kids in the digital world, thank you for being here. Happy Thanksgiving from the team at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center!
Cooney Center Senior Fellow Amanda Lenhart moderated a research panel at the FOSI 2025 Conference in Washington, D.C. earlier this month. Amanda discussed teens' use of generative AI with panelists from FOSI, Everyone AI, and Stanford Social Media Lab. Watch here: bit.ly/4ofezhk
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Cooney Center Senior Fellow Amanda Lenhart moderated a research panel at the FOSI 2025 Conference in Washington, D.C. earlier this month. Amanda discussed teens' use of generative AI with panelists from FOSI, Everyone AI, and Stanford Social Media Lab. Watch here: bit.ly/4ofezhk
What do you get when you mix app studio Sago Mini with kids and co-design? Serious fun. Read more about co-design and Sago Mini's work in the Sandbox for Literacy Innovations on the blog: joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/11/20/f...
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What do you get when you mix app studio Sago Mini with kids and co-design? Serious fun. Read more about co-design and Sago Mini's work in the Sandbox for Literacy Innovations on the blog: joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/11/20/f...
Happy #ThrowbackThursday! We're revisiting the 2014 Joan Ganz Cooney Center publication "Family Time with Apps: A Guide to Using Apps with Your Kids." The same ideas are still relevant today, so we've updated it for 2025. Learn more about the guide: joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/...
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy #ThrowbackThursday! We're revisiting the 2014 Joan Ganz Cooney Center publication "Family Time with Apps: A Guide to Using Apps with Your Kids." The same ideas are still relevant today, so we've updated it for 2025. Learn more about the guide: joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/...
Why do parents allow or not allow kids 12 and under to use smartphones? This new report from @pewresearch.org digs into some of the nuances behind that decision.
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Tablets and smartphones are common for kids 12 and younger, according to their parents – TV even more so. And AI is part of the mix for some kids. …
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November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Why do parents allow or not allow kids 12 and under to use smartphones? This new report from @pewresearch.org digs into some of the nuances behind that decision.
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📣 Calling all 4th-7th grade math teachers: we need you for a virtual co-design workshop this Wednesday 11/19 from 4-6 pm ET. We're helping our Sandbox partners OKO Labs co-design the next phase of their math edtech product. Interested? Sign up here: bit.ly/49XpZCO
November 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
📣 Calling all 4th-7th grade math teachers: we need you for a virtual co-design workshop this Wednesday 11/19 from 4-6 pm ET. We're helping our Sandbox partners OKO Labs co-design the next phase of their math edtech product. Interested? Sign up here: bit.ly/49XpZCO
We're excited to share the Powerful Learning from Emerging Technology framework by our friends at Digital Promise. The GIANT Remix, a project developed by The GIANT Room through a partnership with the @cooneycenter.bsky.social is featured in the report. Learn more: bit.ly/4oAQQcj
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We're excited to share the Powerful Learning from Emerging Technology framework by our friends at Digital Promise. The GIANT Remix, a project developed by The GIANT Room through a partnership with the @cooneycenter.bsky.social is featured in the report. Learn more: bit.ly/4oAQQcj
For today's #throwbackthursday, we're spotlighting the Cooney Center's 2016 Report "Opportunity for all? Technology and learning in lower-income families." Read the full report: bit.ly/4qjMbg6. When it comes to #digitalequity for families, what's changed/same in 9 years?
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
For today's #throwbackthursday, we're spotlighting the Cooney Center's 2016 Report "Opportunity for all? Technology and learning in lower-income families." Read the full report: bit.ly/4qjMbg6. When it comes to #digitalequity for families, what's changed/same in 9 years?
Are you an educator or caregiver helping youth navigate the complicated online world? We're excited to share these Pinterest boards with resources we helped curate alongside our #inspiredinternetpledge collaborators: bit.ly/4nxOR7d
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Are you an educator or caregiver helping youth navigate the complicated online world? We're excited to share these Pinterest boards with resources we helped curate alongside our #inspiredinternetpledge collaborators: bit.ly/4nxOR7d
Do you work with ELL students? Check out this great webinar presented by our friends at @newamerica.org and The Campaign for Grade Level Reading:
✳️ How #edtech can be used to support English Language Learners
✳️ Tomorrow 10/11 at 3:00 ET
✳️ Register here: bit.ly/4qPfZBC
✳️ How #edtech can be used to support English Language Learners
✳️ Tomorrow 10/11 at 3:00 ET
✳️ Register here: bit.ly/4qPfZBC
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Do you work with ELL students? Check out this great webinar presented by our friends at @newamerica.org and The Campaign for Grade Level Reading:
✳️ How #edtech can be used to support English Language Learners
✳️ Tomorrow 10/11 at 3:00 ET
✳️ Register here: bit.ly/4qPfZBC
✳️ How #edtech can be used to support English Language Learners
✳️ Tomorrow 10/11 at 3:00 ET
✳️ Register here: bit.ly/4qPfZBC
"We are not the anxious generation." On the blog, youth online safety advocate Maximilian Milovidov argues that youth perspective is missing from adults' conversations about the impact of the internet on kids' mental health. joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/11/06/w...
November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"We are not the anxious generation." On the blog, youth online safety advocate Maximilian Milovidov argues that youth perspective is missing from adults' conversations about the impact of the internet on kids' mental health. joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/11/06/w...
"What Does AI Owe Children?" That's the big question tackled by Joan Ganz Cooney Center Executive Director Michael Preston and industry leaders in the iRAISE Alliance at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social last week. Watch the full session here: bit.ly/438vpH8 #beneficialAIforchildren
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"What Does AI Owe Children?" That's the big question tackled by Joan Ganz Cooney Center Executive Director Michael Preston and industry leaders in the iRAISE Alliance at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social last week. Watch the full session here: bit.ly/438vpH8 #beneficialAIforchildren
Check out the video replay of our October event "Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI," co-hosted by @newamerica.org and The Campaign for Grade Level Reading. 📺 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oEi...
Thanks for watching! 📺
Thanks for watching! 📺
Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI
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November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Check out the video replay of our October event "Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI," co-hosted by @newamerica.org and The Campaign for Grade Level Reading. 📺 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oEi...
Thanks for watching! 📺
Thanks for watching! 📺
Happy (one day belated) Birthday to Lloyd Morrisett: the co-founder of Sesame Street and Children’s Television Workshop, and a founding board member of both Sesame Workshop and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. Learn more about Lloyd and his legacy: joanganzcooneycenter.org/2023/04/25/r...
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Happy (one day belated) Birthday to Lloyd Morrisett: the co-founder of Sesame Street and Children’s Television Workshop, and a founding board member of both Sesame Workshop and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. Learn more about Lloyd and his legacy: joanganzcooneycenter.org/2023/04/25/r...
Join Cooney Center Senior Fellow Amanda Lenhart at the @FOSI 2025 Conference in D.C. on 11/10. Amanda will be moderating a discussion about how teenagers use generative AI. Register here: joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/resear... #genAI #digitalwellbeing
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Join Cooney Center Senior Fellow Amanda Lenhart at the @FOSI 2025 Conference in D.C. on 11/10. Amanda will be moderating a discussion about how teenagers use generative AI. Register here: joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/resear... #genAI #digitalwellbeing
Throwback Thursday! We're revisiting our 2011 report "The New Coviewing: Designing for Learning through Joint Media Engagement." If you're a kids' media and tech creator hoping to design for kids and caregivers engaging together, read the full report here: bit.ly/4p97Ya2
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Throwback Thursday! We're revisiting our 2011 report "The New Coviewing: Designing for Learning through Joint Media Engagement." If you're a kids' media and tech creator hoping to design for kids and caregivers engaging together, read the full report here: bit.ly/4p97Ya2
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"Innovation is not optional." — Angelica DaSilva, @cooneycenter.bsky.social
Today, we're discussing with leaders in media and #EdTech how we can help kids thrive as readers in an age of #AI and endless screens.
Join our conversation on the future of #literacy.
➡️ www.newamerica.org/conference/g...
Today, we're discussing with leaders in media and #EdTech how we can help kids thrive as readers in an age of #AI and endless screens.
Join our conversation on the future of #literacy.
➡️ www.newamerica.org/conference/g...
October 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Innovation is not optional." — Angelica DaSilva, @cooneycenter.bsky.social
Today, we're discussing with leaders in media and #EdTech how we can help kids thrive as readers in an age of #AI and endless screens.
Join our conversation on the future of #literacy.
➡️ www.newamerica.org/conference/g...
Today, we're discussing with leaders in media and #EdTech how we can help kids thrive as readers in an age of #AI and endless screens.
Join our conversation on the future of #literacy.
➡️ www.newamerica.org/conference/g...
We're feeling inspired after our "Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI" event co-hosted with @newamerica.org and The Campaign for Grade Level Reading. Multidisciplinary experts came together in person and online to reflect on the 10th anniversary of "Tap, Click, Read." Thanks to attendees!
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We're feeling inspired after our "Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI" event co-hosted with @newamerica.org and The Campaign for Grade Level Reading. Multidisciplinary experts came together in person and online to reflect on the 10th anniversary of "Tap, Click, Read." Thanks to attendees!