Sesame Workshop has teamed up with Nokia Research Center to enable children to connect with their long distance loved ones, with help from their furry friends on Sesame Street. Story Visit is a new website where children and long-distance loved ones can read story books together using video conferencing and connected story books: When a grown-up turns the page, the child's page turns along with it, and if the child points to something on his screen, the grown-up can see that on their screen too.
Part of a research project to support children's learning and family connections, Story Visit is still under development and is looking for public feedback to help make it better. To qualify, testers need at least one child between the ages of two and five, a commitment to having their child use Story Visit with a remote friend or relative, and that everyone has a computer with internet connection and webcam.
For more information about this fun new program, please see the main Story Visit website.
