Hobe Sound resident Dr. Roger Schank is one of the country’s most well-respected and controversial educators. In 2007, he was co-host of “The Business of Innovation” on CNBC with Maria Bartiromo. Way back when, he was one of the world’s foremost authorities on computer sciences, e-learning and artificial intelligence (AI) which had him on the Today Show.
Dr. Schank just launched GrandparentGames.com an online destination for grandparents to connect with their grandkids through a wide range of educational activities designed to encourage interaction, learning and fun. Through a simple video and voice connection, grandparents can interact with their grandkids from long-distance at anytime through games, animation, pictures and video all with the purpose of early learning. Roger designed this program out of necessity as he dearly missed his grandchildren who are in New Jersey and DC. Plus the kids get to learn through Roger’ s revolutionary designed learning program.
He also launched IMissThatKid.com which is designed for parents that are separated from their kids for reasons like military deployment, frequent business travel or divorce.
“Instead of the phone call which often doesn’t engage a child, our site lets the grandparent actually see, communicate and direct their grandchild through fun games. More importantly it allows the child to have a real relationship with their grandparent that just can’t be achieved over the phone,” said Roger.
Here’s some more information:
Dr. Roger Schank
- He founded the renowned Institute for the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University, where he is currently the John P. Evans Professor Emeritus in Computer Science, Education and Psychology.
- Schank was a professor at Yale, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Paris VII.
- Schank holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from University of Texas and is the author of more than 20 books on learning, language and education.
The site costs less than $5 dollars a month and $35 a year.
