Apps and Software By Russell Holly Nov. 28, 2013 1:00 pm
If you’re one of the more tech savvy parents out there and you happen to travel often, that video chat just before bed is a precious part of your day. Whether you’re using FaceTime, Hangouts, or something else, video chat can be a powerful tool as a parent. While it’s a nice starting point, this interaction could certainly be better. If you’re really brave, or have a really great connection, you might even try a bed time story during this brief video experience. Kiddology wants to try and improve on this particular experience with a video chat platform that brings bedtime reading into the mix.
At its core, Kiddology is an e-reader platform. What makes it unique is how you use it. With you on one tablet and your kids on another, Kiddology allows you to share an interactive reading experience over great distances. The creators want to take things a step further than this eventually by allowing for simultaneous interactive gaming and even content creation tools for parents who want to try their hand at making their own books. Just to start, however, Kiddology is aiming at being the closest thing to sitting next to your child during storytime that you can manage when you’re not at home.
The Kiddology Kickstarter is split up into several different rewards, including postcards with drawings from the characters included in the app to an invitation to the studio for a unique experience with the creators. It looks like the Kiddology team wants to try and keep the app itself free and only charge for applicable content, which means developing the interactive framework and making it as easy to use as possible. If they are successful, Kiddology could be an incredibly positive step forward for parents who can’t always be there at bedtime.
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At its core, Kiddology is an e-reader platform. What makes it unique is how you use it. With you on one tablet and your kids on another, Kiddology allows you to share an interactive reading experience over great distances. The creators want to take things a step further than this eventually by allowing for simultaneous interactive gaming and even content creation tools for parents who want to try their hand at making their own books. Just to start, however, Kiddology is aiming at being the closest thing to sitting next to your child during storytime that you can manage when you’re not at home.
The Kiddology Kickstarter is split up into several different rewards, including postcards with drawings from the characters included in the app to an invitation to the studio for a unique experience with the creators. It looks like the Kiddology team wants to try and keep the app itself free and only charge for applicable content, which means developing the interactive framework and making it as easy to use as possible. If they are successful, Kiddology could be an incredibly positive step forward for parents who can’t always be there at bedtime.
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