DESIGN & EDUCATION: Learning From Toys

The Art and Science of toys. I am very privileged to have interacted with Sudarshan Khanna at NID.His help made me present my paper at Denmark.Its wonderful to see how one can make simple things playful and fun.
http://www.sudarshankhanna.com/

Paper Toys

http://www.papertoys.com/
Fun toys to make. I tried out one came out well.

Crayola

Didnt know Crayola had such a wide range of products. Some very interesting art tools.
http://www.crayola.com/

Zac Browser

A Browser specially designed for children with Autism.
The installer is available for free download.
http://www.zacbrowser.com/

Kooky Klicker

Didnt know Pens could be so much fun :)

http://thekookys.com/home.php?reloaded=true

Toy WIshes

http://www.toywishes.com/
This site is a treasure for toy lovers.
Do check out their blog as well. Categorizes toys by age, type etc.

Re-Mission

http://www.re-mission.net/

Re Mission is not just another video Game.
This is a well researched Game by Hope Lab for teenagers with Cancer.
This is a challenging, 3D "shooter" with 20 levels that takes the player on a journey through the body of young patients with different kinds of cancer. Created by leading video game developers and animators in collaboration with scientific and medical consultants and HopeLab staff, this state-of-the-art game is designed to be cool and fun, while helping players to increase their personal knowledge about cancer and improve their confidence in their ability to manage their cancer.

Joan Ganz Cooney

http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/

Most of us have watched Sesame street at some phase of our life .
I love Sesame street philosophy of educational value without taking the fun away .
A constant search for how emerging medium can help children learn.

The Indian version galligallisimsim also looks like a lot of fun.
http://www.galligallisimsim.com/games/default.html

Jabberstamp

Children love telling stories and this is a great way .
Do watch the video. You can see the children having a lot of fun.
Nice to see different ways of taking the kids out of the standard computer screen.
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=SQD9GsjbGiY
Thanks Praneet for the link .

Children Shared design space

Must be fun