Sept. 9, 2015 It’s been an insightful, wild ride learning about the kids app industry...from the “Inside, Out.” In Part One we talked about the imperative need for transparency and media literacy in children’s app reviews with “expedited review” paid policies not being readily disclosed... In Part Two we focused on the face-off between app developers and reviewers about … [Read more...]
Children’s App Reviews: Does Money Talk? Part Three
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Tech with Kids: Developing Media That Matters
June 9, 2015 As a diehard infovore with a “what’s behind the media curtain” critical thinking lens, I’m fascinated by the scads of kids’ conferences I can’t afford and have no time to attend, usually gathering crumbs of media, education, technology data via hashtag to bring back to my little Twitter nest.This week I chose to outreach like Cinderella in rags asking to go to the … [Read more...]
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