RITEC — Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children
Community of Practice
A global, practitioner-led community for those passionate about designing children’s digital play with well-being in mind.
Free membership
Open to practitioners designing digital play for children.
Meets regularly online
Plus one in-person gathering each year.
Member-driven
A global group of designers and developers.
This Community of Practice serves as a practitioner-led engine for translating RITEC research and guidance into design practice, enabling peer learning, co-creation, and iterative uptake of RITEC principles across the gaming industry to design better digital play experiences for kids
Our Community of Practice
The RITEC Community of Practice is a global group of designers and developers working to center children’s well-being within digital play.
This member-driven community meets regularly online and one time per year in-person. To join an event, you must be a member — membership is free.
Register
Fill out the membership registration form.
Get onboard
Receive onboarding resources, the community Slack invitation, and invitations to upcoming events.
What is RITEC?
RITEC is a global initiative to advance children’s well-being in digital play through game design — led by UNICEF in partnership with the LEGO Foundation, the LEGO Group, Joan Ganz Cooney Center and Games for Change.
RITEC began as a research effort to understand how digital play affects children’s well-being and which design choices matter most. This led to the creation of the RITEC-8 framework and the RITEC Design Toolbox, which give the gaming industry practical tools to incorporate children’s well-being into game design.
Now, RITEC is embarking on a new journey with the gaming industry: embedding well-being-by-design into everyday digital play development — through this Community of Practice.
Join the Community of Practice — membership is free.
Register to receive onboarding resources, the Slack invitation, and upcoming event invitations.