Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation (SEPCO) through its Media Solution Center in Southeast Asia (MSCSEA) recently announced an initiatives to engage parents and children with a safe and secure “learning by playing” environment. Samsung KidsTime, an application that provides children with a safe, age-appropriate and ad-free content platform for learning.
"Samsung KidsTimeTM promotes a safe and secure learning environment for children. The large variety of kids' apps available makes it difficult for parents to filter and monitor what their kids are doing with technology. Through Samsung KidsTimeTM, parents are provided with tools such as Time Set, App Lock and Parent Report. This gives them peace of mind knowing that their child’s play sessions are guided and meaningful." Cris Concepcion said, the Director for Content & Services, Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation.
Samsung KidsTime is a content subscription service optimized for Samsung tablets that provides children aged 3-7 years old with access to a carefully handpicked set of edu-tainment apps (games apps from Math, Literacy, Science and Creativity) and 30 eBooks, and of course an additional features that parents can control (App Lock) and personalized their children's usage. The list will eventually expand to more than 50 apps that will be refreshed monthly.
Participation is open to authors or publishers across the Philippines and South East Asia and will run until end October 2014. Winners will be announced in November 2014 and the winning submissions will be promoted and distributed on Samsung KidsTimeTM in Southeast Asia for 12 months.
"Samsung KidsTimeTM promotes a safe and secure learning environment for children. The large variety of kids' apps available makes it difficult for parents to filter and monitor what their kids are doing with technology. Through Samsung KidsTimeTM, parents are provided with tools such as Time Set, App Lock and Parent Report. This gives them peace of mind knowing that their child’s play sessions are guided and meaningful." Cris Concepcion said, the Director for Content & Services, Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation.
Samsung KidsTime is a content subscription service optimized for Samsung tablets that provides children aged 3-7 years old with access to a carefully handpicked set of edu-tainment apps (games apps from Math, Literacy, Science and Creativity) and 30 eBooks, and of course an additional features that parents can control (App Lock) and personalized their children's usage. The list will eventually expand to more than 50 apps that will be refreshed monthly.
Samsung KidsTime is currently available for all users of Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 (7.0”), GALAXY Tab 3 Lite and GALAXY Tab 4 (7.0”) and will soon be available for other Samsung devices. Now available for download for free from Google Play, with a free 1 month subscription to over 30 kid-safe apps and eBooks, and parents can upgrade to a monthly subscription of Php 199 that will give them unlimited access to all Samsung KidsTime content.
On the other hand, they also announce the creation of a Samsung KidsTime Author’s Award to encourage publishers to create relevant content for children. In partnership with the National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content 2014. Here in the Philippines, the National Book Development Board (NBDB) led headed by its chairperson Flor Marie Sta. Romana Cruz, will lead in identifying ten potential award winners, who will each win USD 20,000 and will have their winning submissions featured in Samsung KidsTimeTM for a year.Participation is open to authors or publishers across the Philippines and South East Asia and will run until end October 2014. Winners will be announced in November 2014 and the winning submissions will be promoted and distributed on Samsung KidsTimeTM in Southeast Asia for 12 months.
