Leeds Digital Festival

Today’s children are ‘net natives’ who have grown up knowing nothing other than an always on connection to the internet. How should you design digital content differently for them?

This session brings together Leeds’ leading companies in this area: Dubit, Made by Pi and Numiko together with Giana Cassidy, a leading Psychologist and lecturer in Interactive Entertainment Design at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Together, the panel represent a combined experience of over 30 years designing children’s content for the BBC, Disney, Hallmark. Together with Dubit’s experience of creating hugely successful games and virtual worlds, the panel will discuss why designing digital content for kids is different.

Questions and issues to be discussed include:

• How do you catch children’s attention in such a busy world, filled with fads, trends and a barrage of marketing and media? And when you have, how do you keep them engaged for more than 10 minutes?
• What are the realities of children’s access to technology- how long do they spend online and where do they go?
• What are the future trends we’re starting to spot?

Whilst the event is free of charge, we will be collecting voluntary donations on the door, in aid of Cash For Kids- a Leeds based charity helping children in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

• Karen Lewis on being a panellist at Doing it for the Kids
• Tom Evans another one of the panellists with his take on the night

Date: 3rd November 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Cost: Free (ticket required)
Where to get tickets: Eventbrite
Organised by: Si Wilson and Dave Eccles

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