Anecdotally, it is obvious that Apple products are kid-magnets. Children find the devices simple to use, easy to hold, and powerful extensions of their imaginations. With so many cool apps to draw, read, listen, interact, and play, the devices are replacing toys atop children’s’ wish lists. In addition to the apps, the devices themselves are [...]
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Apple Products Top Kids’ Wish Lists
Posted by ginac on November 21st, 2011
Posted in Electronics, Learning Methods, News, technology 
Tags: Apple, iPad, iPhone, IPod Touch 
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Posted by ginac on November 19th, 2011
Elaine Hirsch is kind of a jack-of-all-interests, from education and history to medicine and videogames. This makes it difficult to choose just one life path, so she is currently working as a writer for various education-related sites and writing about all these things instead. Kids are like sponges. When they’re young, kids will soak up [...]
Posted in Literacy, News, Teaching methods Tags: Economics, f, Family Costs, Financial Literacy, Learning, Money Management, Teaching Comments OffHomeschoolers Win National LEGO Contest
Posted by ginac on November 18th, 2011
A North Carolina Homeschooling Family won the 2011 LEGO Smart Creativity Contest in the homeschooling category by showcasing how they use LEGO to make stop-motion animation videos. The family plans to give some of the $2,500 LEGO gift certificates to their local 4-H Lego and Robotics Club. Read more Check out all of the winning [...]
Posted in Contests, Eclectic Homeschooling, LEGOs, News Tags: contest, homeschool, LEGO 2 Comments »Unschoolers Already Know This: Youth Don’t Like Learning STEM in Classrooms
Posted by ginac on November 16th, 2011
Harry Potter fans may remember the 5th Harry Potter Book (The Order of the Pheonix) when a government appointed teacher (Professor Umbridge) at Hogwarts School changes the learning process in her classroom so that kids only learn theory and not practice. Disappointed students preferred to practice what they’ve learned and found the in-class reading and [...]
Posted in Eclectic Homeschooling, Learning Methods, News, STEAM, Teaching methods Tags: alternative education, Education Reform, Homeschooling, Learning, NPR, Science Friday, STEM, Unschooling Comments OffTiziano Project Shares Free Journalism Resources
Posted by ginac on November 14th, 2011
The Tiziano Project is an incredible initiative focused on training journalists in conflict, post-conflict, and underreported areas around the globe. The project trains citizen journalists to contribute quality news stories to local and international news outlets. As part of the initiative, the Tiziano Project website hosts a number of simple but useful tutorials on basic [...]
Posted in Language Arts, News, Online Tools, social change, Writing Tags: Citizen Journalism, Journalism, Tiziano Project, tutorial Comments OffUnschooling and the Maker Culture
Posted by ginac on November 10th, 2011
Unschoolers are radical mavericks who approach learning 180 degrees in the opposite direction from traditional education. Unschoolers learn in an unstructured environment almost completely devoid of teachers, separate subjects, grades, tests, or quizzes. Instead, unschoolers hack together their learning palette from many sources to create a truly personal learning experience. Unschoolers are active learners who [...]
Posted in Crowdsource, Eclectic Homeschooling, Economics, Electronics, Interdisciplinary, Learning Methods, Make, News, social change Tags: DIY, Hack, make, maker, Maker culture, Open source, Tim O'Reilly, UnCollege, Unschooling Comments OffYoungzine: Free Online Global News for Youth
Posted by ginac on November 3rd, 2011
Youngzine is a dynamic online news website designed for young people interested in technology, ecology, culture, politics, and news from around the world. Youngzine fills a niche for young people interested in news beyond Hollywood gossip and boy bands. Youngzine’s refreshing mix of content is fun, insightful, interesting, appealing, and appropriate for young thinkers and [...]
Posted in Activities, Culture, News, Online Tools, social change, technology Tags: News, news for kids, youngzine Comments OffSpottyBanana’s Top 3 Online Learning Platforms
Posted by ginac on November 2nd, 2011
A quick Google search confirms that there is a dizzying array of online learning platforms that provide everything from standardized educational courses to niche subjects and personalized feedback. Some are free, others cost money. Some are better at online education and others focus on learning. So, which online products (free or otherwise) are worth investment of [...]
Kid Creates Lego Stop-Motion Animation Videos for Good
Posted by ginac on October 29th, 2011
Bricks4Good is seeking kids with magnificently positive attitudes, rosy outlooks, and immeasurable quantities of good will to put their video creation skills to the test. Bricks4Good has released its first in a series of videos about social change. The first Bricks4Good video, Tolerance, stars Carl and Pixel. Carl and Pixel are Lego Minifigures that star in [...]
Posted in LEGOs, News, social change Tags: Bricks4Good, hate, LEGO, Lego Minifigures, social change, Social Justice, tolerance Comments OffLegoland Florida Opening Day Highlights
Posted by ginac on October 18th, 2011
Legoland Florida opened to the public on Saturday, October 15, 2011. We were there! Check out our fun Lego fan pics, learn about the most popular rides, find out where to eat if you have food allergies, and even where to stay for the night. Legoland Florida: A Young Lego Geek’s Paradise
Posted in Just for Fun, LEGOs, News Tags: Clutch Powers, Legoland Florida, LEGOs, Nickelodeon Suites Comments Off
