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

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/...

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. bsky.app/profile/pewr...

📣 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

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

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

"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

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! 📺

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

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

"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...

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!

How would kids design an AI writing companion to help them learn to write more effectively? Lirvana Labs, a partner in our Sandbox for Literacy Innovations, recently participated in co-design sessions with kids to find out. Read more on the blog: joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/10/24/e...

⏰ "Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI": TODAY 2:30-5:30 ET ⏰ Join us in person in DC or virtually on the livestream for this event presented by @cooneycenter.bsky.social @newamerica.org and The Campaign for Grade Level Reading. Still time to register: events.newamerica.org/growingreade...

We had a blast learning from our #edtech colleagues at @edtechweek. @cooneycenter panels discussed how to implement #AI in #literacy education while staying true to how people learn, and the intersection of old & new media. (📸 credits: Jessye Herrell, Allisyn Levy)

In honor of October being #NationalBookMonth 📚 , the reading enthusiasts at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center wanted to share some of our favorite books to read with kids! (And we would like everyone to know that it was nearly impossible for each us to pick only one book.)

⏰ Six days away from the "Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI" event that we're hosting with @newamerica.org and The Campaign for Grade Level Reading 📅 Monday 10/27, 2:30-5:30 pm ET 📍 Hybrid: Online and in person at New America (Washington, DC) Register here (free!): bit.ly/4pTkQ4u

We'd love to see #edtechweek attendees at today's 3:00 pm panel "Something Old, Something New: Closing the Early Learning Gap in an Algorithmic Age." The @cooneycenter's Medha Tare will be in conversation with Michael Levine, Sara DeWitt, Christopher Cerf and Christie Pang.

Our friends at @youngfutures.bsky.social have launched a national call for ideas to help young people navigate AI safely, critically, and with agency. If you're working with youth + AI, apply by 10/24: www.youngfutures.org/funding-chal...

We loved having members of the Piknik team (creators of Sago Mini) visit our office! They were in town for co-design sessions with kids as part of our Sandbox for Literacy Innovations initiative. Learn more about the Sandbox here: bit.ly/46XaObp

We were delighted to partner with @youngfutures.bsky.social and @nianticspatial.bsky.social on the Here Comes the Fun Funding Challenge - and even more thrilled to announce the new YF Innovators cohort! www.youngfutures.org/innovators/

What sessions at #EdtechWeek are you excited to attend? We're looking forward to the "Emerging Intersection of AI and K–12 Literacy: Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead" panel on 10/20 featuring the Cooney Center's Medha Tare & more. More info and register: bit.ly/4ohAQf1

Join the Cooney Center, @newamerica.org and The Campaign for Grade Level Reading on 10/27 for our event "Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI," in-person in DC and streaming live online. View the speakers/schedule & register here: www.newamerica.org/conference/g... #AIforedu #literacy

⏰ Last call to apply to our Well-Being by Design Fellowship! ⏰ The WBxD Fellowship is a free, 5-month fellowship at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop beginning in January 2026. Apply here by this Monday 10/13 at 11:59 pm Eastern: bit.ly/3zDF9xe

We are honored to have participated in important conversations around youth digital well-being during UN General Assembly #UNGA80 events. The Cooney Center’s Michael Preston spoke at @axios.com House and the SDG Media Zone. Watch replays of both events here: joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/10/02/y...

We are so excited for this event. Please join us in person or online on 10/27 - registration info is linked below!

Who's heading to EdTech Week 2025? Join us at the "Emerging Intersection of AI and K–12 Literacy: Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead" panel on 10/20 at 9:00 am. Learn more and register: joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/edtech... #edtech #AIedu #AIinEducation #literacy #literacyedu

You are invited to our October 27th event: Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI, presented in partnership with @newamerica.org and The Campaign for Grade Level Reading- join us live in DC or online. Learn more and register: bit.ly/46L84MC #literacy #scienceofreading #AI

Highly interactive and hands-on, @cooneycenter.bsky.social's workshop gives participants the ability to dive into the RITEC design principles through a series of creative challenges inspired by their fellowship experiences! ✨Oct 8 from 1-3pm PT: connectedlearning.news/CLS2025-Regi...

What are kids' hopes and fears about generative AI? How can a game help kids understand the limitations of AI? On the blog, researcher Aayushi Dangol shares what happens when KidsTeam University of Washington works with 9 and 10 year olds exploring AI. bit.ly/47011Rf

There are two great ways to connect with the Cooney Center at @thecllab.bsky.social's Connected Learning Summit next week! 1️⃣ Our free in-person event in NYC on 10/6 2️⃣ Our 10/8 virtual session: "RITEC Remix Lab" Learn more and Register: bit.ly/46vXuJ5

Helping your family have a healthy relationship with technology can be tricky- but our colleagues at Sesame Workshop are here to help! We were proud to contribute to Sesame's Digital Well-Being Resources, including the playful video "AI and Us" bit.ly/46ZOflL #AI #wellbeing

Pssst... did you hear? We're accepting applications for the 2026 Well-Being by Design Fellowship! Come to our "Office Hours" info session this Wed 10/1 at noon ET if you'd like to learn more, and apply by 10/13! Link to Zoom info session here: bit.ly/47Xhk2v . #WBxD

TODAY at 12:30 pm ET- please tune in to a special UN SDG Media Zone conversation about youth well-being and the digital world, featuring our Executive Director Michael Preston. Watch here: bit.ly/46ETnKM #SDGLive #GlobalGoals #UNGA80 #ritec #wellbeing

Congrats to our partners, @youngfutures.bsky.social, who just launched the YF500: a first-of-its-kind $50M philanthropic index fund to support 500 nonprofit leaders building a better digital world for 40 million young people. Learn more: www.youngfutures.org #YF500 #YouthWellbeing

📣 Applications for the 2026 Joan Ganz Cooney Center Well-Being by Design Fellowship are open through 10/13 📣 Interested? Learn more about the program and attend a virtual "office hours" session on 10/1: bit.ly/4gzMu1Z

Cooney Executive Director Michael Preston is LIVE at @axios.com House right now (9/23 3:30 ET), discussing how young people can better engage with the rapidly evolving digital world. Tune into the livestream now: youtube.com/live/QBCJaB8... #climateweek @UN #UNGA80

We're excited to be at the @axios.com House #climateweek/#UNGA event today, where Cooney Center Executive Director Michael Preston will discuss how young people can better engage with the rapidly evolving digital world. Watch live today at 3:30 ET here: bit.ly/3W2JDoM

We're excited about @thecllab.bsky.social's upcoming Connected Learning Summit! This hybrid event focuses on digital technologies for learning and includes in-person events around the world. Join us at the NYC event on 10/6! Learn more and register here: joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/connec...

ICYMI... applications are now open for our 2026 Well-Being by Design Fellowship! We’re seeking mid-career designers working on interactive children’s tech/media who are passionate about embedding well-being principles in design. Learn more on the blog:

Interested in the 2026 Well-Being by Design Fellowship? Come to one of our "Office Hours" info sessions on 9/22 or 10/1 (both at noon ET) to learn more before you apply! Links to Zoom sessions here: joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/well-b... #WBxD

On the blog: how Cooney Center alumna Carly Shuler continued her JGCC work by building an EdTech company that helps kids learn to read. bit.ly/3ViFZa8 #hootreading #edtech #literacy

Wondering what the Well-Being by Design Fellowship is all about? Hear what our 2025 fellows had to say about it. 👀 . Applications are open now- learn more and apply by 10/13! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPM3... #WBXD

📣 Applications now open for the 2026 Joan Ganz Cooney Center Well-Being by Design Fellowship 📣 Are you a mid-career designer of interactive children’s technology and media looking to focus on children’s well-being in your design process? Apply! cooneycenter.org/wbxd-fellows...