Ypulse Essentials: 'MacKenzie Falls', Gaming For Children's Health, United We Serve
Posted by meredith on 06-23-2009
The Beatles: Rock Band (how the game's cinematic flourishes helps old and young fans come together over The Beatles) (Los Angeles Times)
- MacKenzie Falls (Disney Channel launches a new tween-aimed webisode series based on "Sonny With A Chance." Plus a profile on Disney star Selena Gomez) (Cynopsis Kids) (USA Today)
- Video games and children's health (a report released today by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop explores how research-based digital games can play an educational and beneficial role in health care. And, the role of toys and games in the dentist's office) (The Washington Post, reg. required)
- 'Justice for Rihanna' (the message Chris Brown's harsh plea deal sends to domestic abusers) (The Daily Beast)
- United We Serve (MTV, The Huffington Post and others launch a volunteer search engine in response to President Obama's call to service. Also MTV launches a search for a "Class of 09″ valedictorian) (MTV News)
- Unhealthy study habits (in a study of 500 British kids include snacking on junk food, skipping meals and drinking energy drinks) (CalorieLab)
- Sherman Alexie vs. Chicago parents (a handful of parents took issue with Alexie's "Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" for the sexual content. Fortunately, the school board ruled in the book's favor) (Seattle PI)
- Random House Children's Screen Entertainment (Random House Children's Books and Komixx Entertainment are partnering to create a production company for animated and live-action kid/family centric content for movies and TV) (Cynopsis Kids)
- Gen Y and Twitter (still not a love story according to recent survey from Pace University and the Participatory Media Network. A Millennial theorizes why that is. Also, a look back at what went wrong with MySpace. Plus how tech divides generations in the workplace) (CNET) (Daily Beast) (NPR)
- 'Teen Dear Abby' (CNN profiles professional "advice slinger" to teens and Ypulse fave Josh Shipp for their "Young People Who Rock" series)
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