BP4_Shidonni

I searched the Web 2.0 options this time and found Shidonni. As usual I am always looking for a tool that may or may not work in video production situations that will be good for children less than 10 years old.  I think this software is perfect. Shidonni offers a unique experience to children by allowing them to draw and play with the virtual pets they create. Shidonni was founded in 2008 by Nachshon, Peled and Mazursky, the former CEO of Toys’R'Us Israel. Shidonni is backed by a group of UK investors and to date has raised $1.5 million. At first glance I was thinking it was not going to be something the children would like so I had a few backup Web 2.0 to use. I used the children’s after church time to show them this fun new virtual world.

The game starts with the child drawing a picture. Once this is completed it ask that you create a username and password to continue. Ok, to my surprise my student did not have a email address so the next step was to create an email account for him. Once done I tried to let him work with it alone. 

Well, instead of the login he created the first time he just made new users every time until I realized what he was doing. Once we fixed this he was good to go. Turns out that Shidonni also has games to play on the computer that he tested along with creating drawings. As of this writing he is still on the computer! Oh, there is some very annoying music that plays repeatedly as he plays games or draws pictures. Lots of fun. I wanted something I had never heard of and this did it. Try it!!!