Through coverage of the market, research and up-to-date analysis, Games and Learning reports on the opportunities and challenges facing those seeking to unlock the educational power of games. more »
Anna Ly is an Industry Fellow at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. Prior to her work as a fellow, she helped develop interactive paper-based electronics including Papert Tronics and launched several innovative applications, including Emotionary (now downloadable on iTunes), an emotion diary tool for the iPad designed for therapists to help children and adolescents with autism understand emotions in the context of their own lives. She also co-created Me.Mu for Kinect, a pair of mini-games to help children with autism practice social skills while developing general motor coordination. She holds a Master’s degree from Stanford’s Learning, Design and Technology program.
Over the past few months, we’ve shared some highlights of the literacy app analysis that we are conducting with New America to learn more about the apps that families and… more »
Earlier this week, we released a sneak preview of the literacy app analysis that we’re conducting with New America to discover more about the apps that families and educators are… more »
Apps for communication, learning, and play are a prominent part of nearly every family’s life today. Are they having a similar impact on how families and educators help their children learn to read? And if so, what kinds of apps are they using?
In the first in a series of company case studies, we examine the small start-up Kiko Labs and their design process and work in the Co.Lab accelerator ahead of the launch of their first game, Thinking Time.
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