FableVision
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FableVision is a Boston
-based educational media company. FableVision creates educational software
and story-based media for children and adults.
Founded by CEO Peter H. Reynolds
in 1996, FableVision produces children's broadcast programming, educational videos and multimedia applications. Their products include software (BrainCogs, Essay Express, Stationery Studio), online curriculum (Get A Clue), books (Ish
, The Dot, So Few of Me), animated films (Stories That Matter, Stories That Move, The Dot, Ish), and curriculum tools (The North Star Classroom Resource Guide, North Star Musical Journey, and Off the Path Math With Tobbs).
In addition to publishing educational software, books and films, FableVision collaborates with creative partners and producers to develop animation and interactive solutions for broadcast, web, school and museum applications.
. The company became independent in 1999 through a purchase by one of its founders Peter H. Reynolds
. In November 2006, FableVision moved to Boston
's harborside, where it is co-located in Boston Children's Museum
on Children's Wharf
. The building, now named the Yawkey
Center for Children and Learning also houses several other learner-centered organizations, such as JumpStart
, Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS), and Citizen Schools.
, founded and owned by the Reynolds brothers.
FableVision is a member of the Constructivist Consortium whose members include Tech4Learning, Schoolkit, LCSI, Inspiration Software
, and Generation YES
. The members formed the Consortium in order to support constructivist learning strategies.
The Research Centre for Media Psychology (RCMP), co-located at FableVision's Boston headquarters, is also affiliated with FableVision through a partnership with the Fielding Graduate University
.
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
-based educational media company. FableVision creates educational software
Educational software
Educational software is computer software, the primary purpose of which is teaching or self-learning.-Early History, 1940s - 1970s:The use of computer hardware and software in education and training dates to the early 1940s, when American researchers developed flight simulators which used analog...
and story-based media for children and adults.
Founded by CEO Peter H. Reynolds
Peter H. Reynolds
Peter Hamilton Reynolds is an author and illustrator of children's books and is the Founder of the educational media company FableVision.Reynolds was born in 1961 in Canada with his identical twin brother, Paul who serves as FableVision's CEO, as well as a selectman in the town of Dedham,...
in 1996, FableVision produces children's broadcast programming, educational videos and multimedia applications. Their products include software (BrainCogs, Essay Express, Stationery Studio), online curriculum (Get A Clue), books (Ish
Ish
Ish may refer to:*Chazon Ish, sobriquet of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz*the Sanskrit for "lord", see Ishvara*Ishan Morris, Canadian singer and actor*Ish Kabibble , comedian and cornet player...
, The Dot, So Few of Me), animated films (Stories That Matter, Stories That Move, The Dot, Ish), and curriculum tools (The North Star Classroom Resource Guide, North Star Musical Journey, and Off the Path Math With Tobbs).
In addition to publishing educational software, books and films, FableVision collaborates with creative partners and producers to develop animation and interactive solutions for broadcast, web, school and museum applications.
History
FableVision was founded in 1996 as a sister company to eLearning media company Cosmic Blender, in Watertown, MassachusettsWatertown, Massachusetts
The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,915 at the 2010 census.- History :Archeological evidence suggests that Watertown was inhabited for thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from England...
. The company became independent in 1999 through a purchase by one of its founders Peter H. Reynolds
Peter H. Reynolds
Peter Hamilton Reynolds is an author and illustrator of children's books and is the Founder of the educational media company FableVision.Reynolds was born in 1961 in Canada with his identical twin brother, Paul who serves as FableVision's CEO, as well as a selectman in the town of Dedham,...
. In November 2006, FableVision moved to Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
's harborside, where it is co-located in Boston Children's Museum
Boston Children's Museum
Boston Children's Museum is a children's museum in Boston, Massachusetts, dedicated to the education of children. Located on Children's Wharf along the Fort Point Channel, Boston Children's Museum is the second oldest children's museum in the United States...
on Children's Wharf
Children's Wharf
Children's Wharf is a wharf on Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts, on the Fort Point Channel with views of the Financial District and Boston Harbor...
. The building, now named the Yawkey
Tom Yawkey
Thomas Austin Yawkey, born Thomas Austin , was an American industrialist and Major League Baseball executive. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Yawkey became president of the Boston Red Sox in 1933, and was the sole owner of the team for 44 seasons, longer than anyone else in baseball history.-Early...
Center for Children and Learning also houses several other learner-centered organizations, such as JumpStart
Jumpstart for Young Children
mission is to work toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeedEvery child deserves the chance to succeed, yet studies show that children from low-income neighborhoods are at a greater risk of school failure. Jumpstart recruits and trains college students and community...
, Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS), and Citizen Schools.
Organizations Associated with FableVision
The Blue Bunny is a children's book and toy shop located in Dedham, MassachusettsDedham, Massachusetts
Dedham is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest by Westwood and on the southeast by...
, founded and owned by the Reynolds brothers.
FableVision is a member of the Constructivist Consortium whose members include Tech4Learning, Schoolkit, LCSI, Inspiration Software
Inspiration Software
Inspiration® Software, Inc. is an education technology software company based in Portland, Oregon, which provides several visual thinking and learning products for the K-12 education and business markets including Inspiration®, InspireData®, Kidspiration®, Webspiration Classroom™ service and...
, and Generation YES
Generation YES
Generation YES , is a U.S. technology education non-profit organization that works with schools around the world. Dennis Harper is the founder and CEO. Their programs focus on student centered, project-based learning "experiences that impact student's lives and increase student involvement in...
. The members formed the Consortium in order to support constructivist learning strategies.
The Research Centre for Media Psychology (RCMP), co-located at FableVision's Boston headquarters, is also affiliated with FableVision through a partnership with the Fielding Graduate University
Fielding Graduate University
Fielding Graduate University, previously Fielding Graduate Institute, and The Fielding Institute, is an accredited, nonprofit post-graduate institution of higher learning based in Santa Barbara, California, USA....
.