Apps, Gadgets, Spaces, VLEs, Web
When I had my son eight months ago, my husband and I made a pact that we would be strict when it comes to screen time. The first five months passed and my baby would only look at the devices in awe. The lights and sounds probably fascinated him.
Tired of the ‘stock’ browser that comes with your machine, here are your speedy, more secure and highly configurable options that will trump your stock browser and take your Internet browsing to a whole new level.
Tired of Calibri, Arial, Times Roman and Helvetica, time to move on to modern and contemporary fonts. Check out your options for modern and contemporary thin and extra light fonts. The best part is they are absolutely free from Google.
Smart pens have been around for a while now – the first serious players in this technology sector, ‘Livescribe’ appearing in 2007 with their first edition smart pen.
Make learning science fun for children of all ages with some of the best online YouTube channels focusing on Science.
On-line learning has gained a great deal of traction in the last few years. What was almost exclusively seen as a tool for adult, specialised learning is now in the classrooms and homes of our students.
The desire to learn stays with many of us for a lifetime, but for others may be a struggle. They may not have had a great early learning experience, or they were not engaged in a way that worked for them. So much more is known now about how young people learn best – how to identify their habits […]
In a world where children are glued to a tablet or computer to keep them busy, why not connect them with educational and entertaining content geared to their special and unique interests?
Blogging or web logging has long been used as a journaling method; the recording of one’s written thoughts and sharing it to the public space.
Melissa’s stomach tightened as she saw the Instagram post with a picture of herself bending down to tie her shoe. The comments above the unflattering image, all in caps, ‘Ever watch a cow tie her shoes? Well now you have!’ The additional comments were worse, comparing her to all manner of farm animals, circus elephants […]
I have always been a firm believer that each of our brains are highly individual; that we each have highly personalised skills and abilities that more suited for some fields of study and expertise compared to others.
For many students, the mere mention of Math brings a shadow of dread, the boring, unyielding, uncompromising need to work at numbers in it’s abstract forms, from algebra to imaginary numbers.
Following on the heels of our recent article on Examinations we focus now on something all students should be taught but unfortunately aren’t, that is ‘How to Learn’.
For the majority of us, Math or Maths is this rather dreary, arbitrary, very abstract subject that we occasionally apply when we’re out shopping.
Since time immemorial, examinations have been used as a measure of academic success. Ancient Chinese folklore tell many tales of country youth, in their abiding desire to better themselves and their fates, head to the then-capital of Peking to sit the Imperial exams, to join the ranks of the elite Government.
Artchive belongs to Mark Hayden. The site carries content for educational purposes. Here you can find more than 2000 fine art scans from over 200 different artists. Browse by artist name or by art movement and category.
Artcyclopedia carries information on over 9000 artists and 2900 art sites indexed with plenty of other resources. Use the worldwide art museums directory to find the art galleries near you or list the different artists by art movements, medium, subject, nationality and women artists.
Here is a list page with links to resources regarding Forest Fires for kids. The links on the page will help you learn more about the causes of forest fires, how they can be prevented and how some fires can benefit a forest ecosystem.
Writing, whether putting thoughts or imagination on to paper (or screen as the modern case may be) is a skill that once acquired is rarely lost.