Comments on: PBS Gears Site to Preschool Children http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/pbs-gears-site-to-preschool-children.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PBS Creates Website for 3-6 Year Olds » The Deets - Ed Kohler's Blog http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/pbs-gears-site-to-preschool-children.html/comment-page-1#comment-40022 PBS Creates Website for 3-6 Year Olds » The Deets - Ed Kohler's Blog Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:20:19 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/pbs-gears-site-to-preschool-children.html#comment-40022 [...] PBS Gears Site to Preschool Children PBS has launched a site that’s currently in beta, called PBS Kids Play. It’s geared for children ages 3 to 6. There are educational games and activities to teach math, science, literacy and language development. [...] [...] PBS Gears Site to Preschool Children PBS has launched a site that’s currently in beta, called PBS Kids Play. It’s geared for children ages 3 to 6. There are educational games and activities to teach math, science, literacy and language development. [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/pbs-gears-site-to-preschool-children.html/comment-page-1#comment-39945 Mike Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:20:09 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/pbs-gears-site-to-preschool-children.html#comment-39945 We've used the games on pbskids.org for ages now and the kids love it. The games, graphics and sound for the new site looks pretty impressive. I have a couple concerns about this new project,though. What is the difference between ads and a message from the sponsor and if they are taking money from sponsors it seems strange to also take money from users. But I guess that is a pretty normal PBS business model since they do that for their TV programs, too. I also just checked and saw that this new pbskidsplay.org requires you to use IE on Windows and install some kind of executable. Not really a big deal but people not running Windows should probably be aware of that before getting their kids excited to go play the games. We’ve used the games on pbskids.org for ages now and the kids love it. The games, graphics and sound for the new site looks pretty impressive.

I have a couple concerns about this new project,though.

What is the difference between ads and a message from the sponsor and if they are taking money from sponsors it seems strange to also take money from users. But I guess that is a pretty normal PBS business model since they do that for their TV programs, too.

I also just checked and saw that this new pbskidsplay.org requires you to use IE on Windows and install some kind of executable. Not really a big deal but people not running Windows should probably be aware of that before getting their kids excited to go play the games.

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