Interactive Games

Warren Buffett Cartoon: 3-5 Minute Financial Literacy Clips

July 27, 2009 by Amy Jussel 16 Comments

Update Oct 23, 2011: The Hub Premieres Secret Millionaires Club Special Sept 9, 2011: New launch: Cha-Ching Asia/Cartoon Network and April 23, 2010: new site Cash Savvy Kids w/experts advising premieres for financial literacy month! Original Post: July 27, 2009 Talk about Comic Con! Here's a fun webisode premise in the New York Times yesterday: Warren Buffett playing a … [Read more...]

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Privo Privacy Vault: How Safe is Kids Digital Data? Part 2

July 14, 2009 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

July 14, 2009 Yesterday in my Part One preamble to the interview with Privo executives, I tried to give an overview of how 'kids online safety' is more than 'balancing safety and fun' it's politics, it's opportunistic marketing, it's regulatory, and...it's complicated. With dogged tenacity here's my attempt to sort out how to keep kids safe online (for parents, as well as … [Read more...]

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Keeping Kids Safe From Predators (er, Marketers) Part One

July 13, 2009 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

July 13, 2009 Since researcher Sara M. Grimes opened up the conversation on data mining and privacy practices for us, I’d like to keep the focus on this important topic for a sec, because I DO believe we can use media and marketing to impact kids in favorable ways, and have founded our entire organization on that premise to sift out the sludge and elevate the possibility. … [Read more...]

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Building Freedom: Celebrating Independence With Kids

July 4, 2009 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

July 4, 2015 Update: Adding this "Made in the USA" label lingo literacy from Consumer Reports to remind us all of our increasingly interdependent global culture and fascinating glimpse of whether the flag-waving zeal and patriotic pride merits a "made elsewhere" second glance. Here's to a peaceful celebration of independence, and thankfulness for the freedoms we all too often … [Read more...]

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healthGAMERS Part Two: Interview With Melanie Lazarus, MPH

June 30, 2009 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

June 30, 2009 Today in my Twitter feed (yes, I finally joined, see sidebar badge!) I immediately benefited from the 'following' phenom to shortcut my research time when a new friend/follower in Australia, Tania Andrusiak, pointed to today’s Scientific American story called “Take two video games and call me in the morning” ---('ReTweet' visual at left) Guess it's time for … [Read more...]