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Kids-friendly technologies
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New technologies bring a lot of opportunities for kids, but also a few risks. Let's discover the best of both worlds.
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When some of us were tots, there was one family computer, and we were lucky if we got our sticky little fingers on it while we were still in diapers. Times have changed, though, and for some parents, sharing the 'ol iPad or 10.1 with curious babies just won't do. Enter Rullingnet's Vinci tablet, that ruggedized tablet for toddlers we played with back in January.
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In Consumer Reports' first-ever evaluation of digital cameras made for kids, two models -- the $40 VTech Kidizoom and the $60 Lego Digital Camera -- stood out. However, none of the kids' cameras produced pictures that were on par with...
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E-books are already a fraught subject for many readers, writers, publishers and designers, but children's e-books are even more so. Is it rotting their minds? Is it as good as good ol' paper? Is it too interactive for their own good? Obviously there are no practical answers to such questions, but at least one children's e-book/app/thingie (what do we call these things, again?) is doing it very, very right. It's called "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.
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The stories that we hear about teens and technology often border on hysteria. Technology is ruining their grades. It's ruining their eyesight. It's making them fat. It's exposing them to dangerous people, dangerous ideas.
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Manila Bulletin Online aims to deliver breaking news from the Philippines and across the globe When a speech therapist suggested that it was time for 4th grader Sloan Brickey to use a device to help convey her sometimes-garbled words, the first option was a two-foot-long board that offered a choice of six words at a time.
Sloan, 11, has Down syndrome and already sticks out enough at her elementary school in Powell, Tenn., said her mother, Kelly J. Brickey. So Ms. Brickey did some research and found a different solution: a list of applications for the Apple iPad that works well helping children with autism communicate.
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Undoda, LLC is proud to announce the release of their first iOS app, Undoda and the Mind's Eye, for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
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C'est la conclusion à laquelle est parvenu le chercheur Thierry Karsenti après avoir effectué une recherche à la commission scolaire Eastern Townships.
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QR Codes are popping up everywhere! On the back of my Sephora catalog, windows of bagel shops, and in my school and libr (QR Codes in the Classroom & the Library! http://t.
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The iPad is often touted for its great potential as a learning device for toddlers - if you don't mind the smudgy fingerprints on the screen, of course. A newly updated app by GoodieWorld is aimed specifically at that sort of early education.
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Watch Little Red Riding Mood to learn about safe Facebook surfing. Brought to you by Facemoods, endorsing responsible online surfing.
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From pop-up interactive books to voice- and video-based games, a host of apps are targeting children this year
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Technology can be an asset to the learning process, if used appropriately. Here are five tips for integrating technology into your child's education.
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Crayola ColorStudio HD for iPad lets you use a digital Crayola iPad marker to color, draw, and animate your artwork. It is one of the coolest applications I have seen for drawing on the iPad. If only it worked a...
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A lot of smartphone users I know have young children like I do. While every kid is unique, one consistent theme is that the little buggers are constantly asking to play a game or watch a movie or something.
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According to a new poll of 2,000 people commissioned by Bullguard, an internet security company, 8.7 per cent of parents have either attempted or succeeded to hack into their child's Facebook account to find out what they're up to.
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Microsoft is planning to offer over 300 new eBooks for kids in its Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.
The software giant has partnered with TouchyBooks to bring over 300 interactive childrens titles to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace by the end of June.
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It doesn’t seem to matter what age group or demographic that I talk to, kids (and adults) everywhere are fans of Angry Birds. As I was playing around with Angry Birds (yep I’m a fan too), I started thinking about all of the learning that could be happening. I have watched a two year old tell an older sister that “you have to pull down to go up higher”. I have watched as kids master this game through trial and error. Being the teacher that I am, I started dreaming up a transdisciplinary lesson with Angry Birds as the base.
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Mobile carriers in the U.S. will soon have expanded Family Locator solutions in place that offer far more controls than simply tracking family members' whereabouts.
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Can an iPad or Some Other Form of Technology Transform Education for Our Kids and Their Failing Schools?
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Google Apps proposes ready made lesson plans about many topics based on Docs, Sites and Calendar.
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iPads. Interactive Whiteboards. Netbooks. Video games. Although educational technologies are being implemented more and more in classrooms across the country, we don't often stop and ask students - or their parents - what they think their technology needs are. But the newly-released Speak Up 2010 survey has done just that.
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A call that your teenager was caught cheating is hard to interpret as anything but bad news. But you can turn the incident into a learning experience — and maybe even a turning point.
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One way to ignite that interest is to give kids the skills so they can build and play their own video games. That's the idea behind Microsoft's Kodu, a visual programming language and game development tool.
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