Sept. 17, 2009 “Childhood obesity may be a problem of epidemic proportions in many parts of the world, but several games are doing their part to help keep kids moving. We've already covered LocoMatrix, Swinxs and The Hidden Park, and now a new contender launched last month takes kids on a wifi-based treasure hunt outside,” says Springwise (one of my fave industry resources for … [Read more...]
Using Digital Hide & Seek To Get Kids Outside: A Treasure Trove of Ideas
Filed Under: Consumerism, Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, Aspyr Media, Case for Make Believe, Discover the forest, Gamine-Expedition, geocaching, iphone apps, Kids, Last Child in the Woods, LocoMatrix, nature, NCLI Coalition, Nintendo DS, outdoors, play, Richard-Louv, Sara-Grimes, Springwise, Stuart Brown, Susan Linn, Swinxs, The Hidden Park, Treasure World, wifi treasure hunt, youth