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Today's Fresh Blogs...| World of Borecraft |
| Published: June 26, 2007, 2:09 am |
| Tags: Educational Games |
| calls the whole concept of educational games out on the carpet, from Mavis Beacon through Serious Games. Persuasive Games' work is called out along with the others, subject to a number of fair criticisms that Peters |
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| Not Quite a Bike: LikeABike |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 11:07 am |
| Tags: Toys, Educational Toys |
| ReviewsIn Sections: Toys, Educational Toys |
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| Learning Games For Kids |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 7:55 am |
| Tags: Game Boy, Family, Educational |
| My son hates to read. He hates it with a passion and I’ve yet to find a book or magazine that interests him enough to want to read it. But video games? Watch out - he’ll be busy for hours! Of course, most video games have little to no value when [...] |
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| Biz media creates skewed view of the economy |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 3:32 am |
| Tags: Commentary, Educational, Economics Reporting, Wall Street Journal |
| Brian Westbury, the chief economist of First Trust Partners, writes on the Wall Street Journal that the business media often creates an unbalanced view of what’s going on in the economy. Westbury wrote, “I talk frequently with members of the print media and I am a regular guest on business TV shows. Both venues stress debate and |
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| Forbes reporter hired to create biz journalism program at Ohio U. |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 11:27 am |
| Tags: Job Changes, Educational, Wall Street Journal, Forbes |
| Mark Tatge, the Midwest bureau chief for Forbes magazine, has been hired by Ohio University to create a business journalism program there. Tatge had been an adjunct instructor at Northwestern University while working at Forbes. He will be the EW Scripps Visiting Professor at Ohio University. Prior to joining Forbes, Tatge was a staff reporter for |
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| Educational Videos More Harm than Good? |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 2:08 pm |
| Tags: Television, Baby Einstein, Bruce Feiler, Educational Videos, Feiler Faster |
| are a crucial part of the educational upbringing for your babies. These days, the prevailaing theory is that if you don't show educational videos to your babies and children, they will suffer in the long run. Over on one of our other Beliefnet blogs, "Feiler Faster," Bruce Feiler posted today that there isnew research stating that these |
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| Remembering Charles Dow |
| Published: August 12, 2007, 7:10 am |
| Tags: Commentary, Educational, Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Amp Co |
| Bill Stanley of the Norwich Bulletin writes Sunday about one of the founders of The Wall Street Journal, Charles Dow, who grew up in nearby Sterling. Stanley wrote, “Dow is recognized as the father of business news and I am proud and happy he came from our neck of the woods in Eastern Connecticut. “Young Dow always wanted to be a |
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| Maxian looks to educate with dictionary-equipped E900DIC PMP |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 6:32 am |
| Tags: Davinci, Dictionary, E Dictionary, E900dic, Edictionary, Educational, H 264, Korea, Maxian, Media Player, Mediaplayer, Pmp, Saydic, South Korea, Southkorea, Text To Speech, Tts |
| Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video Not willing to be left behind by all those other dictionary-packin' PMPs out there, Maxian has decided to launch a device of its own to both entertain and educate. The E900DIC boasts a stylish white enclosure, simplistic control scheme, and a "Saydic" dictionary that even touts text-to-speech |
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| When Will Americans Have Had Enough? |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 12:26 pm |
| Tags: Educational, Videos |
| Think people are free in the United States of America? This video will make you think again. It's a chilling indictment of how the U.S. government is slowly but steadily dismantling constitutional protections of your liberties. Even the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution — your right to the freedom of speech — may be at |
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| 500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 10:20 am |
| Tags: Educational, Videos |
| Leonardo Da Vinci Raphael Raffaello Titian Tiziano Vecellio Sandro Botticelli Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio Albrecht D rer Lucas Cranach the Elder Antonello da Messina Pietro Perugino Hans Memling El Greco Hans Holbein Fyodor Stepanovich Rokotov Peter Paul Rubens Gobert Caspar Netscher Pierre Mignard Jean-Marc Nattier lisabeth-Louise Vig e-Le |
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| How To Make Your Family Road Trips Fun and Educational |
| Published: July 10, 2007, 12:42 am |
| Tags: Car Plates, Games, Creativity, Education, Parents, Fun, Activity, Educational, Family, Road Trip, How To S Tips |
| your family trip fun and educational is to download or make your own printable activity sheets tic-tac-toe sheets, connect the dots, word search, puzzle games and the like. Ye olde coloring book. If you feel the kids would still be restless during the trip even with the suggestions above, go ahead and bring out some interesting coloring |
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| USB Digital Camera Rocket Captures Video from 500 Feet |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 11:56 am |
| Tags: Wacky Gifts, Cameras, Educational Gadgets |
| We???ve previously featured a rocket that???s capable of taking pictures from on high, but the SnapShot uses standard 35mm film whereas this Digital Video Rocket is an entirely modern (and therefore more geeky) gadget that is capable of taking not only still imagery at the top of its trajectory but is also able to capture up to 12 seconds of |
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| Build You Own Prop Powered Pond Skimmer |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 11:11 am |
| Tags: Wacky Gifts, Educational Gadgets |
| Whilst hardly as geeky as the DIY MP3 Player set, and by no means as impressive as Brian the Brain, this build your own pond skimmer certainly put a smile on our faces and we suspect that it would be a great hit with young children (as well as slightly repressed webmasters). Offering easy assembly, the somewhat geeky Pond Skimmer kit comes as a |
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| USB Digital Camera Rocket Captures Video from 500 Feet |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 11:56 am |
| Tags: Wacky Gifts, Cameras, Educational Gadgets |
| We've previously featured a rocket that's capable of taking pictures from on high, but the SnapShot uses standard 35mm film whereas this Digital Video Rocket is an entirely modern (and therefore more geeky) gadget that is capable of taking not only still imagery at the top of its trajectory but is also able to capture up to 12 seconds of digital |
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| Build You Own Prop Powered Pond Skimmer |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 11:11 am |
| Tags: Wacky Gifts, Educational Gadgets |
| Whilst hardly as geeky as the DIY MP3 Player set, and by no means as impressive as Brian the Brain, this build your own pond skimmer certainly put a smile on our faces and we suspect that it would be a great hit with young children (as well as slightly repressed webmasters). Offering easy assembly, the somewhat geeky Pond Skimmer kit comes as a |
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