News
Knowledge Adventure and Media Chaperone partnership
CHICAGO, IL -- (July 12, in the year of our Lord
2011) – Media Chaperone, developer of Piggyback - a
first of its kind Facebook application that helps parents stay
engaged with their kids’ online game use – today at the
GamesBeat 2011 conference announced a partnership with Knowledge
Adventure’s JumpStart.com, an award-winning adventure-based 3D
virtual world that teaches math, reading, and critical thinking
skills so kids get a real jump start in school and ultimately in
life. The partnership will provide millions of parents of
JumpStart.com users the ability to stay updated on their
children’s accomplishments from their Facebook profile while
rewarding and encouraging their child.
The Piggyback application provides parents with important
information, incentives and protection for their kids’ online
game play and learning. Parents can obtain, in real-time, an
overview (through a parent’s Facebook profile) of how their
children are navigating the web within online gaming
environments, social networks, and virtual worlds—and can easily
manage entertainment expenditures, add monies for tokens, credit
for continued gaming, all while monitoring online behavior and
performance.
JumpStart.com is a magical online world packed with friends,
games and adventures. From training dragons to exploring lost
islands, JumpStart.com includes thousands of games and
activities for children. “JumpStart.com believes that learning
should be an adventure, not a chore, for both kids and parents,”
said David Lord, CEO, Knowledge Adventure. “Piggyback is a
terrific way for parents to learn more about their kids’
achievements in math, reading and critical thinking on
Jumpstart.com.”
Piggyback simplifies the ability for parents to follow along
with their kids’ online game behavior, social activities and
learning success—and has already been integrated within several
popular online gaming environments, social networks and virtual
worlds including: Everloop, Planet Cazmo, Webosaurs Whyville,
and Woozworld among others. With over 48 million moms on
Facebook, according to Social Times, Piggyback provides easily
accessible information with one-click rewards for their kids’
favorite games.
Ed Lewis, CEO of Media Chaperone acknowledged the value of
partnering Knowledge Adventure the market leader in educational
games for kids, “JumpStart.com set the standard for educational
online games, and we are very excited to provide parents insight
into their kids’ accomplishments. Parent recognition and rewards
are proven to impact learning and performance, Piggyback allows
parents to parent from Facebook.”