Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Virtual worlds for tweens

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Will Richardson’s post covered the article in the New York Times about the growing popularity of virtual worlds for tweens (and younger). Think Club Penguin, Webkinz, etc. Will’s post included the ‘money quote‘ from the article but omitted the ‘money graph.’ Here it is…

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