
Transforming Screen Time into Learning Time with Nurture
Edtech Insiders
Breaking the Taboo: Fun and Learning Together
Alex asks Musa what changes Nurture could bring; Musa hopes to remove the belief that fun and learning are incompatible.
Julie Stewart and Scott Stewart, award-winning creators behind global childrenâs shows for Disney, Netflix, and Sesame Workshop, co-founded Nurture with serial entrepreneur Roger Egan, former CEO of RedMart, and learning expert Musa Roshdy, a Minerva University alum and advisor at Transcend Network, to build future-ready skills through immersive play.
đĄ 5 Things Youâll Learn in This Episode:
- How Nurture turns screen time into active learning
- Why story and humor drive deeper engagement
- How AI enables adaptive, personalized play
- The power of using beloved characters for learning
- Why fun and learning should never be separate
⨠Episode Highlights:
[00:01:00] Julie Stewart on kids becoming heroes inside immersive stories
[00:02:30] Roger Eganâs shift from e-commerce to early childhood learning
[00:09:30] Scott Stewart on humor and engagement as core learning tools
[00:16:00] Julie Stewart on AI and the Model Context Protocol for storytelling
[00:24:00] The team debates AI tutors with personality vs. personality-free chatbots
[00:33:00] Musa Roshdy on preventing âlearned helplessnessâ from childhood
[00:45:00] Nurtureâs strategy to partner with iconic childrenâs brands
[00:50:00] Breaking the taboo that fun and learning canât coexist
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