The GIANT Room has partnered with ExploreLearning, and Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop for a new round of co-design workshops!

Dates:

  • Tuesday, August 18th

  • Wednesday, August 19th

  • Thursday, August 20th

Time:

  • 3:30pm-5:30pm

Location:

  • West Side YMCA, NYC

The GIANT Room has partnered with Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and Explore Learning to co-design the best e-reading experience.

The GIANT Room, an innovation hub for children and their families, is honored to announce a partnership with Explore Learning to co-design engaging e-reading experiences for children! This project is in collaboration with Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. We are bringing together children, families, researchers, educators, and industry innovators to put children’s voices, ideas, and reading experiences at the center of product development.

Children in 3rd and 4th grade will be invited to join us for three in-person creative co-design workshops focused on co-designing the best e-reading experience. These in-person two-hour workshops will take place on August 18th, 19th, and 20th at the West Side YMCA in New York City. Participating families will receive a $25 gift card per session as an appreciation for their time and participation.

During the sessions, children will engage in hands-on creative activities, share ideas, build prototypes, and provide feedback on what makes e-reading feel engaging, accessible, and motivating. Participants will have the opportunity to collaborate with Explore Learning, Joan Ganz Cooney Center, and The GIANT Room’s researchers, educators, and designers to help shape meaningful digital reading experiences for children.

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The GIANT Room believes the most engaging and effective learning experiences are the ones that are designed with children’s points of view in mind, and even better, those that are designed with children involved in the design process. These co-design partnerships not only provide opportunities for children to meet and build ideas with real designers and researchers, but also make it possible to create reading resources that children and families can use to learn, connect, and grow.

ExploreLearning is an education technology company creating seriously fun solutions for the most critical challenges in K-12 STEM learning. Their supplemental math resources and science solutions are research-proven to work, saving teachers time and helping students grow! They offer four unique STEM solutions: Gizmos, Reflex, Frax, and Science4Us. These four products serve more than 15 million students across the country.

Named for the co-founder and visionary behind Sesame Street, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center is an independent research and innovation lab within Sesame Workshop that advances positive futures for kids in the digital world. They conduct research on emerging technologies and collaborate with technologists, digital media producers, and educators to put this research into action to support children’s learning and well-being. Joan Ganz Cooney Center also works directly with policy makers and investors to drive national conversations and decisions that help children thrive within the digital world.

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Location: West Side YMCA, NYC

Date: August 18-20, 2026

Time: 3:30pm-5:30pm

Participation: If selected, youth are required to attend all three sessions.

Appreciation: Participating families will receive a $25 gift card per session.

For more information about GIANT STEAM programs and a full list of their workshops, class series, and events, please visit The GIANT Room’s website.

CoDesign ProgramMaru Eugenia Segovia