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Year Round Media That Matters: Positive Picks for Kids

November 26, 2012 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Nov. 26, 2012 With all the coinage and consumption swirling around Black Friday and Cyber Monday for people hunting “deals” I think it’s fitting to honor the organizations that deliver positive media … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, books, cause marketing, Club Chica Circle, consumption, Craig Wiesner, critical thinking, Cyber Monday, Derrick Kikuchi, gender and media portrayals, gender equality, girls leadership, girls self esteem, girls-self-worth, Green Festival, Humane Education, kids online community, meaningful gifts, media mindfulness, Media stereotypes, media-literacy, Nancy-Gruver, New Moon Girls, online gifts for kids, online magazine, positive kids toys, positive media influence, reach and teach, ScrapKins, social justice, teachable moments, Toward the Stars, transform the world, Zoe Weil

Storybird Kids Online Book Community Hatches Creative Fledglings

September 10, 2009 by Amy Jussel 15 Comments

Update 11-19-2014: Storybird Studio (Q&A here) launches for educators today, as a "suite of easy-to-use creative, administrative, and social tools for writing, reading, and storytelling" … [Read more...]

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