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Early childhood education, technology and games: What Mario didn’t teach your kids
Anyone who grew up with a Nintendo more than likely has memories of their parents telling them to stop playing before it rots your brain, the Vancouver Sun reports. …
Will Bitcoin change how kids learn to count?
While some argue that a truly ubiquitous, digital currency is many years from becoming a reality, behaviorally, we’re already well down money’s evolutionary path: credit cards, direct deposits, e-transfers, micro-donations,…
Warren Buffett joins Twitter, gains 1,000 followers a minute
Warren Buffett accumulates Twitter followers even faster than he makes money, Reuters reports.…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.…
Survey: Most parents support mobile learning devices
A majority of parents overwhelmingly think that mobile apps, mobile content, and technology in the classroom promote positive learning habits and yield benefits, according to a new survey released on…
Amazon updates iOS Kindle reading app for blind, visually impaired
Amazon on Wednesday updated its Kindle for iOS reading app with new accessibility features that will help blind and visually impaired users navigate their Kindle library as well as read…
Watch: What you may not know about 4D printing
Quick: What’s the difference between 4D printing and self-assembly?…
Maine’s school laptop contract revives PC-Mac debate
A spokeswoman for Maine's pro-business governor said one of the factors that tipped the scale in favor of Hewlett-Packard in a contract to provide new laptops to thousands of public…
New: Free social writing platform for teachers and students
A free resource for social writing and online learning offers new tools for students and teachers who want to use safe social networking, group learning projects, and real-time formative assessments.…
BlackBerry CEO: Tablets will be dead in five years
Forget the death of the PC: BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins thinks tablets are on their way out as users shift to doing more through their smartphones, the Washington Post…