YOUTUBE FOR SCHOOLS

Youtube.com/schools is a new site aimed at helping teachers use educational videos. Students can log into the site and see videos their teachers have… Read more

DIGITAL WISH

DigitalWish.orgis on a mission to get technology into the classroom. Teachers can list what they need and accept donations. Donors can help teachers… Read more

FREE KIDS GAMES FROM PBS

PBSkids.org/lab just came out with 40 free games for children ages 2 to 8. Though they’re aimed at building math skills, they use friendly… Read more

RARE STEVE JOBS INTERVIEW

We got a sneak preview last night of a rare 1995 interview with Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer. The film screens at Chicago’s Landmark Century… Read more

THE ALL-TIME BEST GADGETS

A reader sent us an item from Time Magazine, which otherwise we never get around to reading. It’s a history of tech gadgets, many of which will… Read more

ART FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

Ray Turley, an 82 year-old New Zealand woman, got a new career when she started taking tutorials to learn how to turn photographs into art. Now… Read more

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

It’s annoying to find a great video or article but not have time to view or read it right then. Using a new free “Spool” app from… Read more

BOOKS FOR YOUR INNER INVENTOR

From the mid 19th through the 20 century, America was the world leader in technology. Perhaps the most important driver of those advances was kids… Read more

EMAIL GETS OLDER, BUT NEVER OLD

Worldwide email just turned 29 officially, and there’s a history of it at Vashiva.com. That’s the web site of an M.I.T. professor who was 14 when… Read more

“KNO” YOUR TEXTBOOKS

If you don’t want to carry your textbooks around, or scan them into digital files yourself, Kno.com is a good way to go. They’ve digitized… Read more