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The Silver Story: Coins Can Teach Kids Value of Money 8 May 2013 | 12:30 pm
The piggy bank has been a staple for U.S. children as far back as the 1800s. The name “piggy bank” actually is derived from the Old English term “pygg,” the red-orange clay from which people would con...
Hakitzu Teaches Javascript Through Fun, Strategic Game 26 Mar 2013 | 03:46 pm
The biggest barrier to learning anything is being interested enough to keep learning. Text books, lectures, and even some iPad apps don’t usually do a great job at making learning fun. But Frank Meeha...
Tools to Help Young Students Tell Stories 14 Mar 2013 | 03:39 pm
Kids enjoy telling stories. What better way to actively engage children with the world than through their own stories. I recently came across this wonderful blog post on the Edudemic blog on interacti...
What Most Schools Don’t Teach 3 Mar 2013 | 08:19 pm
When you ask a child what she wants to be when she grows up, she’ll probably mention something she’s been exposed to, something that ignited her spirit, or something she’s seen on TV, in her family, o...
Want to Be A Journalist? Consider SEO Journalism 26 Feb 2013 | 04:11 pm
SEO or search engine optimization is no longer enough to build a viable online business. It seems, once a professional SEO company figures out some type of linking strategy to gain high visibility wit...
Why Leonardo da Vinci Wouldn’t be an Artist in Modern Times 30 Jan 2013 | 04:00 pm
When we think of Leonardo da Vinci, the “Mona Lisa” and the “Last Supper” come to mind — not a brilliant engineer hundreds of years before his time. What many do not realize is that da Vinci was a ski...
[Infographic] Major Ed-Tech Trends for 2013 25 Jan 2013 | 03:46 pm
Free Online University Courses . . . for credit, tablets, MOOCs, game-based learning and even 3-D printers. Thanks to OnlineColleges.net for sharing this great infographic that outlines what’s hot in ...
Infographic: Can Tablets Take the Place of Teachers? 24 Jan 2013 | 03:36 pm
A radical experiment is underway to determine if tablets can take the place of teachers, especially in areas of the world where villages have no literate adults. If children can learn to read, they ca...
Put Down Your Pencils: Relaxed Standardized Test Requirements Change College Admissions 15 Jan 2013 | 04:34 pm
Standardized tests have long been a rite of passage for aspiring college students, but a growing number of institutions are lifting their mandate requiring applicants to submit an SAT or ACT score. Ac...
Infographic: Nintendo Most Profitable Gaming Company in the World 4 Jan 2013 | 03:05 pm
Nintendo is an amazingly iconic gaming company. Yes, it does seem everywhere you go, you see a four year-old with a Nintendo DS busily racing Mario around a track. Although other gaming companies have...
