Edtech Insiders
Edtech Insiders
Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell
Why Kids Should Help Design EdTech: Inside the Joan Ganz Cooney Center's Co-Design Movement
48 minutes Posted Jul 20, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
Introducing the Co-Design with Kids Toolkit and why child-centered design starts before user testing.
How learning science and the Translating Literacy Research to EdTech framework shape stronger products.
What participatory co-design actually looks like in practice.
Surprising insights from children including why "less is more" with AI.
How educators and product teams should think differently about AI in learning.
Practical advice for bringing co-design into every stage of product development.
What's next for AI, child-centered design, and the future of edtech.
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Send us Fan Mail Michael Preston, Executive Director, Medha Tare, Senior Director of Research, and Liza Gak, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, are leading researchers focused on child-centered educational technology. Together, they are helping edtech organizations design better products by combining learning science, participatory co-design, and thoughtful approaches to AI. 💡 5 Things You'll Learn in This Episode Why involving children early in product design leads to ...