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"Moshi Monsters is already a $100 million multi-platform children's game, toy and book franchise, and one of the Toys"R"Us hot toys of 2011, but I was skeptical about the company's "transmedia" ambitions." 
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In my last post, Making Sense of Digital Books for Kids - Part 1 I looked at a number of categories to begin to understand how publishers and app developers...
[Part I can be found @scoopit http://bit.ly/rIVzrR]
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Dave Schlafman is a two-time Emmy-nominated producer, as well as an award-winning animation director, and children’s book illustrator. [...] Dave founded CloudKid, a transmedia studio dedicated to creating character-driven interactive content for families. CloudKid developed and produces PBS Kids’ first web-only series, Fizzy’s Lunch Lab.
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The introduction of the Kinect For Kids initiative certainly sounds wise, given the company's push in that direction. After all, who can argue with creating family-friendly titles with some of the biggest names in family entertainment?
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A decade ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations on television consumption by infants were based as much on common sense as science. The research has finally grown up — and the verdict is harsh.
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Children are becoming more comfortable with downloading their entertainment, as consumers of all ages are increasingly turning to digital content over hard copies of DVDs, video games and other media.
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“Theatrically, we have broken the fourth wall, introducing the perception of two-way conversations with our animated characters,” McKegg said.
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FunGoPlay is an interactive online sports theme park and virtual world, aimed at children ages six to eleven.
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One of the most enjoyable games I’ve been a part of in recent times has been an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) being run by an innovative teacher from Australia.
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A growing body of research points to the effectiveness of digital storytelling as an educational tool to engage students, to empower them as writers, and to ensure they can retain and comprehend information.
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The 1969 space-rock song probably shouldn't have been made into a children's book: The haunting track about an astronaut who loses contact with Earth to float around the universe would probably give most kids nightmares.
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For eight weeks, the MIT Education Arcade and the Smithsonian Institute put on an alternate reality game seeking engage children with the scientific method.
[This article makes a great case study on building community.]
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The world of children's digital books is quickly becoming as densely populated as the rest of the app world, if not more so. And why shouldn't it?
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Downloadable, linear episodes run like a normal television show but give children opportunities to play simple games with familiar characters and don virtual costumes that mold to their bodies and play around with the show's environment.
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Microsoft is teaming up with Sesame Workshop and National Geographic to develop interactive kids programming for the Xbox 360 that will allow kids to use Kinect motion-sensing and voice recognition technology to interact with educational programs.
aimee hozack's curator insight,
April 21, 2013 7:48 PM
What a fabulous idea. We all know most childraha have Xbox's at home and would therefore be able to easily access this from home!
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A joint project between Carnegie Mellon University and non-profit Web Wise Kids seeks to help educate children about the dangers prevalent of social networks through a mobile game interface.
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Publishers must explore transmedia approaches to engage children whose lives revolve increasingly around gaming, online communities and social networking ...
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It has already dominated kids' magazines and social networking. Now Moshi Monsters is set to take on the world of children's TV, with a new online channel described ambitiously as "YouTube meets Nickelodeon".
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Entertainment company Lion Rock Ventures has hooked up with a Malaysian production company to push New Zealand's iconic Buzzy Bee on to global TV screens.
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Moshi has shown that one "transmedia" brand can span a game, TV, mobile, merchandise and a social site.
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The children's app marketplace is really beginning to refine itself. As with all change there are both positives and negatives, for us and our children.
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The Adventures of The Electric Company on Prankster Planet is a really good example of both transmedia and serious games for kids. It expands the story experience for its audience, as well as providing a fun learning environment.
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