{"id":515,"date":"2011-11-01T16:31:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T22:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2011\/11\/01\/space-race-kids-wins-webaward\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T19:23:21","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T01:23:21","slug":"space-race-kids-wins-webaward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2011\/space-race-kids-wins-webaward\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Race Kids Wins WebAward"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SpaceRace.jpg\"<\/a>Congrats to The Space Race<\/em><\/strong><\/a> web series and interactive site, at www.spaceracekids.com, which was just awarded a 2011 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in web development by the Web Marketing Association. Each year, the WMA presents awards to various websites in a multitude of categories. Space Race was selected in the Education Category for outstanding website<\/a> together with their development partner Speakaboos.<\/p>\n

The website achieved above average scores in all categories including design, content, and innovation. The website has received over 28,000 visitors since it was launched as part of Speakaboos \u201cJourney to Space Month\u201d on March 14 and has expanded its fan base all over the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany families have written thanking us for making a kid-friendly web series focusing on space education,\u201d CEO and Executive Producer Richard Schweiger says. \u201cThey also appreciate the fun and entertaining learning tools we offer \u2013 the 3D Space Race game, trivia, coloring pages \u2013 all of which makes Space Race a truly interactive website.\u201d<\/p>\n

Space Race\u2019s Chief Space Scout and social media guru Matthias Schmitt explains that \u201cthe space race is a marathon, and we want to plant the seeds of knowledge about exploring our solar system and beyond as early as we can. One way we\u2019ve done this is by taking our main character, Eagle, on a journey along with us to shuttle launches, museums, and schools, where we\u2019ve met new fans and generated excitement about Space Race and space education.\u201d<\/p>\n

Space Race launched as an animated web series focusing on space education, space travel and racing, with the goal of teaching children about space and the solar system. Space Race features eight characters, each in spaceship form, as they race through space, merging unique comic relief with breathtaking excitement and adventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congrats to The Space Race web series and interactive site, at www.spaceracekids.com, which was just awarded a 2011 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in web development by the Web Marketing Association. Each year, the WMA presents awards to various websites in a multitude of categories. Space Race was selected in the Education Category for outstanding website […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSd8M-8j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}