Monthly Archives: January 2008
Frontline – Growing Up Online
A very informative Frontline aired last night. You can still watch it online: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/kidsonline Frontline talks with children and families about online activities. If you have kids at home and they are online, you should watch this show.
NASA wants a Massively Multiplayer Online Learning Game
NASA has released an RFI to develop a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game that creates interactions that foster the creative and problem solving skills of our youth. An MMO game is one where players interact with other players instead of computer … Continue reading
The Commons
The Library of Congress has teamed up with Flickr to create The Commons. This is a new area in Flickr for public collections of photographs. The LOC has added two sets (1930s-40s in Color & News in the 1910s) with a total … Continue reading
How much should we memorize?
When I was a fifth grader, I had to memorize the capitals of all fifty states. It was something we all had to do and students probably still have to do it today. I don’t think my life has been … Continue reading
iGoogle Gets Better
For the last couple of weeks I have been looking for the ultimate start page for my iPod Touch. I use Google Mobile http://www.google.com/m but it leaves a lot to be desired. Yesterday at MacWorld, Google announced a much improved iPhone … Continue reading