Designing Transparent Tech for Kids: Why Explainability Matters

Malin Jakobsen

Lightning Talk

Children today use apps that collect health data, monitor behavior, and adapt learning – often without understanding how or why. In this lightning talk, we explore the critical need for explainability in school technology. Why must tech be transparent not just for engineers, but also for students, teachers, and parents? What does it mean to design for understanding – and what are the risks when we don’t?