StoryBots
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Education |
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| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Owner | JibJab |
| Key people | Evan Spiridellis, Founder Gregg Spiridellis, Founder & CEO |
| Website | http://www.storybots.com |
| Launched | 2012 |
StoryBots is a multi-platform learning program for children ages 3–8, created by digital entertainment studio JibJab. StoryBots produces a collection of web and mobile apps and content, including educational books, videos, games and classroom activities designed to make foundational learning fun and encourage intellectual curiosity in children.
Similar to the personalized videos and e-cards produced by its parent company JibJab, StoryBots uses its Starring You feature to put the user’s face and name into many of its videos, books and activities. Subjects cover a wide range of topics and feature a cast of characters called the StoryBots, who are tiny robots who live within our computers, tablets and phones and help humans answer questions. StoryBots videos have amassed more than 300 million views online, while its eBooks have been read more than eight million times.
StoryBots apps are available for free download on IOS platforms and come with some sample content, while subscribers have unlimited access to the entire content library across all platforms. Credentialed teachers and schools can also gain free access to StoryBots Classroom, an educator resource that includes the StoryBots library as well as additional classroom activities and management tools.
In 2016, the StoryBots franchise expanded into television with the premieres of two original animated series, the Emmy and Peabody Award-nominated Ask the StoryBots and StoryBots Super Songs, both on Netflix.
StoryBots launched to the public in the fall of 2012, and has been featured on CNN,The New York Times, CNBC, and other news outlets. Gregg Spiridellis, co-founder and CEO of StoryBots, told CNBC in 2013 that he and his brother have five young children between them and noticed “a massive shift in how kids are consuming media.” Spiridellis says that became the inspiration for StoryBots, a collection of apps designed to be akin to Sesame Street but for a device-centric, connected generation of children.
StoryBots pairs educators and learning experts with JibJab's team of artists, storytellers and technologists to build a robust library of learning content and activities. The library currently includes:
StoryBots currently offers a mobile app available for download for IPad, IPhone and Apple TV. A single member subscription works across all available mobile apps, as well as on the StoryBots website. StoryBots also offers three specialty holiday-themed apps:
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