MaMaMedia was an educational consulting firm run by

Idit Harel Caperton Idit R. Harel (born Idit Ron; September 18, 1958) is an Israeli-American entrepreneur and CEO of Globaloria. She is a learning sciences researcher and pioneer of Constructionist learning-based EdTech interventions. Overview Harel researches and ...

, specializing in applications of

constructionist learning Constructionist learning is the creation by learners of mental models to understand the world around them. Constructionism advocates student-centered, discovery learning where students use what they already know, to acquire more knowledge.Alesa ...

theory. Founded in 1995, MaMaMedia.com was designed to foster

digital literacy Digital literacy refers to an individual's ability to find, evaluate, and communicate information through typing and other media on various digital platforms. It is evaluated by an individual's grammar, composition, typing skills and ability to pro ...

skills for children using constructionist theory principles. It was awarded the

GII Award The NII Awards was an awards program designed to recognize excellence and innovation in use of the Internet. The National Information Infrastructure Awards, later known as the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Awards were given from 1995 t ...

for Education in 1999 "for helping kids become life-long learners". The site provided web users with a range of "playful learning" activities and projects. Between 1996 and 2000, the company developed and grew in the emerging Internet and print marketplaces, publishing the first print

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

for children about the Internet, ''MaMaMedia: A Kid's Guide to the Net''.

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