Casual Connect is an annual conference in the US that explores the business and development of casual games. This conference also travels to Europe and Singapore. This year’s US event recently held in Seattle, had a day long track focused on Children & Family Entertainment. 360KID CEO Scott Traylor was asked to deliver a presentation on trends and best practices for developing learning games. The video below is a recording of his talk called “Technology, Kids, & Learning: The Future and the Opportunities”.

Links to specific research cited in this presentation are listed below.

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• PDF of this presentation
• Cooney Center – iLearn II Report
• Common Sense Media – Zero to Eight Report: Children’s Media Use in America
• Distimo App Store Report, May 2012
• US Toy Sales 2002 – 2011, NPD, TIA
• ESA Essential Facts 2012 – US Video Games Sales
• Complete K-12 Report 2012 by Education Market Research – 2011/2012 US sales (paid)
• Mapping a Personalized Learning Journey, Project Tomorrow
• Calif. Governor Sets Plans to Offer Open Source Digital Textbooks – EdWeek Article, May 2009
• Matrix One Tablet
• Beyond Barbie and Mortal Combat, Chapter 18. 2008, Carrie Heeter, Brian Winn
• A Code of Ethics for the Publishers of Interactive Media for Children
• Apple’s 3rd Quarter Earnings Conference Call, July 24, 2012 – Apple Insider
• NMC Horizon Report 2012, K-12 Edition

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