Zoom! Creating new interactive media platforms for children

This paper examines how WGBH and Applied Research and Consulting LLC conducted collaborative research that identified strategies for transforming ZOOM, a highly successful 1970s children's educational television show, into one of the most exciting 1990s children's educational destinations in the world.

ZOOM! Creating new interactive media platforms for children

How applied research informs the successful transformation of existing media technologies

Kate Taylor WGBH, Public Broadcasting Station of BostonMichael Cohen Applied Research & Consulting LLCPat Tobin Applied Research & Consulting LLC andPamela Laws Applied Research & Consulting LLC

BACKGROUND

In the 1970s, WGBH in Boston aired an extremely successful interactive television program for children. ZOOM celebrated the creativity, intelligence and imagination of its viewers and encouraged a hands-on, 'mind-on' approach to all areas of learning. The show featured a consistent cast who met in...

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