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Peter H. Reynolds Keynote at Bank Street College of Education
May 23, 2013
The Evelyn Rome Tabas and Daniel Tabas Auditorium
New York, NYPeter will keynote at the Bank Street College of Education for the presentation of the Irma Black Award. Peter's book, The Dot, won the Irma S. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, in which picture and text are inseparable.
Learn more at the Bank Street College of Education's website.
FableVision Studios' Art Show Open House
June 7, 2013
Boston, MACome see a unique display of artwork from the creative folks at FableVision, mingle with other artists and storytellers, and see our multimedia studio!
ISTE
June 23-26, 2013
San Antonio, TXISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, represents 100,000 members around the world, and is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders.
SKY COLOR at Nantucket Film Festival
June 26 – 30, 2013
Nantucket, MASKY COLOR, Peter H. Reynolds' film is screening at various dates and times throughout the Nantucket Film Festival.
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Drawsome!
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably played Draw Something. This crazy addictive drawing game caught on so fast and saved the life of a struggling startup company named OmgPop. Over here at FableVision Studios, a company filled to the brim with creative people, you can be sure we’re playing too. Continue reading
Weekly Click: March 21, 2012
In a world filled with millions of apps geared towards kids, the task of knowing which apps are actually educational and appropriate for our kids is impossible! Well, all of this may be history now that Fun Educational Apps released AppStar Picks. AppStar Picks is an innovative app that provides a smart way to discover a catalogue of over 250 best apps for kids that have been thoroughly tested and reviewed. Continue reading
Weekly Click: March 15, 2012
Designing successful apps for children is no easy task. Not only is quality and age-appropriate content hard to create, but designing the flow and interaction of these apps is made more difficult because developers must refrain from implementing advanced gestures, which would only confuse and frustrate kids (and, by extension, their parents, the decision makers of what apps their kids are playing). Continue reading
A BIG Gift for Educators Attending CUE 2012
NY Times best-selling author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds is delivering an unusually BIG gift to attendees of the annual CUE Technology Conference in Palm Springs (March 15-17). Peter and FableVision Learning are giving away Big Screen Books, group reading software optimized for interactive whiteboards. Continue reading
Weekly Click: March 7, 2012
Ayah Bdeir, the founder of littleBits, has created a system of electronic pieces that will encourage kids to learn from and engage with technology in new and innovative ways. With this system of modules, kids can create anything they can think of- from cowboy hats to cannonballs- and with extra sensors like temperature controlled movement and motion detectors. This system has a low entry level- children do not need to have any training or prior knowledge of technology to be able to engage with these materials and “get excited about learning.” Continue reading
Spotlight on The North Star!
Peter Reynolds’ award-winning, The North Star, a co-production of FableVision Studios and Weston Woods, was chosen to be screened in this year’s “Animation Block Party: Animation for Kids” in Omaha, Nebraska. Continue reading
A Tribute to Jan Berenstain
I, along with thousands of other grown-up kids, was saddened to hear about the passing this week of Jan Berenstain, the author and creator of The Berenstain Bears series. I grew up with Sister and Brother and Mama and Papa Bear, going with them to camp, to the dentist, to school, and on spooky trick-or-treating outings. When I was old enough to read, Stan and Jan Berenstain were almost a mythical part of that surrogate family to me, their names on the cover of each book, as bold and as large as the titles. Continue reading
