ItzaBitza — Now for Mac! {Review + Giveaway}

By Muse Reviews | July 1, 2011 at 7:48 pm | 6 comments | Educational, For the Kids, Fun & Games

Have you heard of ItzaBitza?

It’s a super-interactive (and highly entertaining) art and drawing program for kids. With a few prompts (that foster reading skills) and a few clicks of the mouse, your child’s drawings immediately come to life on the screen!

 

We’ve had ItzaBitza around here for a while. When our family went from being a PC family to a Mac family, I feared that we’d have to relinquish our playing with ItzaBitza. It wasn’t long before I got word that a Mac version was being created by Virtual Programming. Yeah!

The renowned learning scientist, Dr. John Bransford, calls ItzaBitza “a breakthrough in childrens’ learning.” With ItzaBitza, children don’t even realize that they’re learning to read as they play. The drawing and animation is just too fun, disguising the educational merits (while they remain very visible to parents and teachers)!

Our kids love how their drawings spring to life, and how the game seems to predict what they’ll draw and smartly move ahead according to their desired plans for their current game. We use it as a fun and educational pasttime, as well as a supplement to our homeschooling!

You can download ItzaBitza for PCs from this website, Steam, for $9.99, and for Macs from this website, Deliver2Mac.com, for $11.95.

Win it!

Courtesy of Sabi Games/ItzaBitza and Virtual Programming, TWO of you will win a free download of the Mac version of ItzaBitza!

Here’s how to enter:

1) MANDATORY: Tell me, in a comment below, why your child or children would love ItzaBitza.

2) For a second entry, subscribe to Muse Reviews’ feed OR subscribe via email — tell me in a separate comment if you’re a new subscriber or already a subscriber.

3) For a third entry, become friends with Muse Reviews on Facebook, then tell me you did so in a separate comment below.

4) For a fourth entry, twitter about this contest using @MuseReviews within your tweet, then tell me in a separate comment that you twittered! (Only one tweet per person per contest, please.)

I’ll close the contest on Sunday, July 10th, 2011, at 11:59pm EST. Good luck!

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.

Congratulations to the winners: #1, Shannon and #3, Ashley!

FTC info — Disclaimer: My review of the above mentioned product is honest and my opinions are my own. I did not receive any products, monetary compensation, or product compensation for this review. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”