Super Why Hits the Stage
Popular TV series Super Why, already spanning media with apps, web content, books, and merchandise, is launching a live tour called “Super Why Live.” The TV series already pretends kids are involved by...
View ArticlePreschooler App Best Practices from Sesame Street
Sesame Workshop has released a very solid set of best practices for developing apps for preschoolers. It’s worth a read, but I’ll highlight a few key items: Don’t Don’t make wrong answers punitive....
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Edgar & Ellen Hit the Stage
A Google Alert informed me today that another piece of the transmedia property Edgar & Ellen, which I worked on a few years ago, has shown up at a community theatre in Aberdeen, South Dakota....
View ArticleUkrainian Cartoons on Youtube
Ukrafilm animation studio recently created a YouTube channel for Ukrainian cartoons. You can finally get your fill of When Cossacks… , Capitan Vrungel, About Petryk Pyatochkin, Alice in the...
View ArticleTop 3 App Store Kids’ Privacy Changes
With COPPA recently revised, the FTC taking a hard look at children’s apps, and Apple launching a Kids category, Apple has decided to add some serious new children’s privacy provisions to its app...
View ArticleTop 3 Ways Transmedia Bolsters Learning
In transmedia storytelling, elements of a story are dispersed strategically across multiple entertainment platforms (television, books, comics, games, etc.) in order to create a unified and coordinated...
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Convergence culture is screwing up how my kids enjoy Harry Potter and...
Back in my day we did everything in the proper order. You went to the movie, bought the action figures, and then waited desperately for whatever came next. Kids these days are doing it all wrong. And...
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How to protect your kids from the Eater of Worlds
I was tired of seeing my daughters slaughtered repeatedly. They couldn’t even get from the spawn point to the little shelter we’d built without dying. Over and over. It was turning out not to be the...
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Beyond the e-book: the past and future of digital reading
I know that’s an ambitious title. This post is just an attempt to scratch the surface a little. I’ve been in many conversations about e-books, including conference panels, and I’ve often focused on...
View ArticleKids and Digital Reading: Report from PlayCollective and Digital Book World
1) 35% of parents reported greater willingness to buy an e-book if it has enhanced features (30% increase from 2014). 2) In 2014, parents of kids 2-5 expected to pay $9.35 for a children’s ebook,...
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