Posted on April 30th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
A new game is launching today on the PBS site ReadytoLearnReading.org. It’s an online scavenger hunt that uses characters and video clips from the TV shows “Electric Company,” “Martha Speaks” and “Word Girl.” The site is aimed at kids 6 to 8, but isn’t babyish at all. We hear that many adults like playing along if their language skills need a brush-up. You earn points as you complete quests, then use them to watch video clips and play games on the site. We weren’t familiar with “Martha Speaks,” a really cute show about a talking dog. The site also has “mad lib” type games, hangman, refrigerator-magnet play, and lots of other fun stuff. A progress tracker lets parents know what […]
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Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
It turns out that using Google Apps for online collaboration, spreadsheets and word processing saves schools a big chunk of dough. The state of Oregon converted all its schools to Google Apps and saved $1.5 million a year. In Illinois, just one school district making the change saved $160,000. In Maine, science students are using Google spreadsheets to organize data collected in the field. Big reasons for the savings: No need to buy software and no need for expensive information technology workers to keep programs updated. You can find these free programs by going to Google.com/apps. Corporate users must pay a fee, but schools and individuals do not. More info here.
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Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
The next Kindle update lets you share passages from your e-Books, organize them, and zoom in.
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Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Find out who’s hiring and who’s getting promotions by following a company on LinkedIn.com.
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Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Eleven percent of digital cameras fail in the first two years.
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Posted on April 28th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Compare prices for any year in the past to today’s dollars, have your news and blogs read out loud to you, and find TV shows on the web.
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Posted on April 27th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Warner Brothers pays students to spy on downloaders.
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Posted on April 26th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
New study from Zscaler Research.
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Posted on April 25th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Numbers report shows teenage iPhone users spend $90 a month on their phone bills.
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Posted on April 24th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
The zen of computing: learning to de-stress.
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