Inviting 4th, 5th, and 6th grade Math Teachers to co-design with us!
GIANT Partners With OKO Labs in collaboration with Joan Ganz Cooney Center from Sesame Workshop - funded by Gates Foundation!
The GIANT Room, a innovation hub for educators, students, and families, is excited to announce we will be partnering with Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and OKO Labs to support the development of OKO, an educational tool designed to enhance math learning. Math teachers who are teaching 4th, 5th, or 6th grade classrooms in USA are invited to apply to co-design with us. Participating teachers will receive $100 as a token of appreciation for your time. We are also proud to share that the Gates Foundation is funding this project!
Participation entails joining one two-hour co-design workshop live on zoom. During the workshop, you'll meet OKO designers and will collaborate with them on designing new features for OKO's math platform - these features include teacher dashboard, student learning reports, and small-group facilitation. Your insights would be incredibly valuable in helping shape the next phase of the product. There will be the option to attend the workshop on Wednesday, November 19th from 4pm-6pm OR Thursday, December 4th from 4pm-6pm.
As a thank-you for your time, you will receive $100 in the form of 2 $50 gift cards!
The GIANT Room believes the most engaging and effective learning experiences are the ones that are designed with teachers’ points of view in mind, and even better, those that are designed with educators involved in the design process. If given the opportunity, teachers design the most magical products and learning experiences that can enlighten thousands of classrooms. This partnership allows educators to have a voice in designing OKO’s app with activities and ideas that are not only engaging, fun, and educational but also easy to implement in classrooms through careful consideration of alignment with core school subjects and standards.
OKO Labs stands at the intersection of academic rigor and social-emotional learning, offering a suite of games and puzzles designed for small groups in upper elementary classrooms. By fostering an environment where students engage in meaningful discussions, solve problems collaboratively, and support each other's learning, OKO thrives to not only achieve meaningful learning gains but also cultivate vital social skills.
Named after Sesame Street’s visionary co-founder, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center is an independent research and innovation lab within Sesame Workshop dedicated to shaping a positive digital future for children. The Center conducts cutting-edge research on emerging technologies, partners with industry leaders, academics, and educators to translate insights into action, and works closely with policymakers and investors to drive meaningful conversations and decisions. By actively involving children and young people in co-designing the tools that they use, the Center ensures that innovations enhance both learning and well-being—ultimately empowering children to thrive in the digital world.
Gates Foundation funds entrepreneurs, companies, and other organizations to create incentives that harness the power of private enterprise to create change for those who need it most.
This program is completely free for teachers to participate. Thank you for your time and consideration. We hope to have the chance to work with you!
Who: Teachers who teach math to grades 4-6
Where: Online via Zoom
When: Wednesday, November 19th from 4pm-6pm OR Thursday, December 4th from 4pm-6pm
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.