Learn more about Heckerty™, a zany, 409-year-old,upside-down-on-her-broomstick, greenfacedwitch. Happy, hilarious, helpful -Heckerty enchants and educates kids everywhere. Stories are about memorable characters whose staying power is proven in many years of teaching by Ann Rachlin, who was also the Royal Storyteller in the UK.
The app entertains but also has genuine educational value in teaching kids reading and vocabulary as they play with the words, sentences and animations. Think of it as a fabulous mishmash of traditional English quality storytelling with top 21st century technology and creative talent.
Follow Heckerty and her catZanzibar™ to magical places with stories, games, puzzles and adventures. Additional Heckerty stories will ship in the coming weeks, with Heckerty’s Cauldron Cookbook™, coloring books & educational products in the months to follow.
Meet Heckerty runs on both iOS and Android and is currently available for $.99 from iTunes and Amazon, with Google to follow very shortly. For more over at Apple, go here, for more on Heckerty, here, and TUAW, the top-rated Apple and mobile apps blog reviewed it and said it’s a “Must Have.”
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
