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Scanimate is an analog computer animation (video synthesizer) system created by Lee Harrison III of Denver, Colorado.Harrison had developed its predecessor, ANIMAC, which generated used a motion capture system, based on a body suit with potentiometers.
When the effects of watching Sesame Street were compared with the effects of watching other programs, commercial entertainment and cartoons had a negative effect; watching Sesame Street daily did not increase children's viewing of other categories of television, nor make them less likely to participate in other educational activities. [60]
These studies provided the majority of the early educational effects of Sesame Street and have been cited in other studies of the effects of television on young children. [19] [note 1] Additional studies conducted throughout Sesame Street's history demonstrated that the show continued to have a positive effect on its young viewers. [note 2]
Children and Television: Lessons from Sesame Street (1974) is a non-fiction book written by Gerald S. Lesser, in which he describes the production of Sesame Street, and the formation and pedagogical philosophy of the Children's Television Workshop. Lesser was a professor at Harvard University, studying how social class and ethnicity interacted ...
Sesame Workshop (SW), originally known as the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), is an American nonprofit organization that has been responsible for the production of several educational children's programs—including its first and best-known, Sesame Street—that have been televised internationally.
On the Sesame Street TikTok and Instagram accounts, it’s not uncommon to see a video of Elmo sitting on a stoop, encouraging the viewer to stay for a minute to “escape to a place where the air ...
Sesame Street was conceived in 1966 during discussions between television producer Joan Ganz Cooney and Carnegie Foundation vice president Lloyd Morrisett.Their goal was to create a children's television show that would "master the addictive qualities of television and do something good with them," [16] such as helping young children prepare for school.
According to the book Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street the segment was discontinued after 2003 because, "kids didn't know the new Muppets and became confused, and the frenetic pace of the segment raised concerns. The puppets Mooba, Mel, Narf, and Groogel literally bounced off the walls.