Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop

💥Happy Friday! 💥 Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Games for Change Festival! We hope you left feeling as energized and playful as we did. We want to share extra special thanks to our colleagues Shuli Gilutz, Ph.D., Pia Breum Corlin, Lise Borgstrøm Henriksen , Ole Kjær Thomasen, Nikita Khalid, Grace Collins, Michael Preston, and Sarah Jacobstein for bringing the magic to our workshop this afternoon.✨ And congrats to the the amazing Games for Change team for bringing together this incredible community!

💥 Friday, June 28 at 2:00 pm💥 We are so excited for the Games for Change Festival this week. We hope you will join us on Friday for our workshop, "How to Build Digital Play for Well-being," an interactive workshop with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop's Michael Preston and Sarah Jacobstein, Shuli Gilutz, Ph.D. from UNICEF, Pia Breum Corlin from the the LEGO Group, Nikita Khalid from Scratch Foundation, and Grace Collins from Snowbright Studio. In this interactive 90-minute session, we'll share the latest research findings from the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children initiative (RITEC) on how digital play can impact children’s well-being, as well as guidance being developed to assist businesses in incorporating these findings into the games they design - and we'll discuss case studies of how these findings and frameworks can guide product development. We look forward to learning together with you!

On Friday, June 28, join us at the Games for Change Festival for "How to Build Digital Play for Well-being," an interactive workshop with Michael Preston and Sarah Jacobstein from Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, Shuli Gilutz, Ph.D. from UNICEF, Pia Breum Corlin from the LEGO Group, Nikita Khalid from SCRATCH Foundation, and Grace Collins from Snowbright Studio. Participants will learn about RITEC research findings on how digital play can impact children’s well-being, as well as guidance being developed to assist businesses in incorporating these findings into the games they design, along with case studies. 2:00-3:30 pm on Friday, June 28 Mark your calendars and get your tickets at https://lnkd.in/e48qd4xY

We're excited for the Games for Change Festival next week! Come see Shuli Gilutz, Ph.D. on the Main Stage - she'll be talking about the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC) initiative and the development of guidance for designers! Friday, June 28 at 10:00 AM

The Promising Ventures Fellowship 2024 will be open for applications soon! Learn more about this FREE accelerator for equity-driven leaders and social entrepreneurs in early childhood development (ECD):

We’re so excited for the Games for Change Festival in just a few weeks! This amazing event is back at Parsons in NYC from June 27-28. We can’t wait to talk about the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC) initiative and the forthcoming Design Guide for Business with our colleagues from UNICEF and the LEGO Group. On Friday, June 28, join Shuli Gilutz, Ph.D. for a keynote talk on the Main Stage at 10:00 AM: Designing for Wellbeing in Digital Play - It's possible! The RITEC-8 framework and Design Guide for Business How can we design digital play for children, that supports and enhances their wellbeing? How can we go beyond safety to create games kids will thrive in? What's between child rights and wellbeing and how can they be incorporated in the design process? UNICEF & the LEGO group share their findings. Then at 2:00 PM, join us for "How to Build Digital Play for Well-being," an interactive workshop with Michael Preston and Sarah Jacobstein from Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, Shuli Gilutz, Ph.D. from UNICEF, Pia Breum Corlin from the LEGO Group, Nikita Khalid from Scratch Foundation, and Grace Collins from Snowbright Studio In this 90-minute workshop, participants will learn about RITEC research findings on how digital play can impact children’s well-being. We will share guidance being developed to assist businesses in incorporating these findings into the games they design, along with case studies.  📅 Mark your calendars and get your tickets at ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e48qd4xY #G4C2024

Why are kids susceptible to misinformation online? Is it the medium, the message, or their developmental understanding of accuracy? Andrew Shtulman, a professor of psychology at Occidental College, suggests kids need new strategies to make sense of all the information they encounter online: https://lnkd.in/eyvGShPP

We're pleased to share this delightful new episode of the Designing for Children's Best podcast hosted by Polina Lulu, featuring our Executive Director Michael Preston. Together they discuss how the Joan Ganz Cooney Center is working to build a positive digital future for kids - with kids. Polina shares highlights from their conversation in this blog post: https://lnkd.in/eFh5Pzhw We hope you enjoy it! #PositiveDigitalFuture #DigitalWellbeing

We're proud to be a partner of the inaugural Digital Parenthood Summit in NYC today and honored to contribute to the launch of DigitalParenthood.com, marking a significant milestone in our collective efforts to kickstart a national conversation around healthy online behaviors for families. @aura_protects #DigitalParenthood

Our friends at Pinterest are amazing partners with a deep commitment to well-being. We are proud to have partnered with them on the Inspired Internet Pledge Summit in Washington, DC, on "Ensuring Healthy Outcomes". Learn more about this event, as well as some of the other work they have been doing to promote mental health and community impact!