Category: Educational Games & Media
UW Pediatrician Promotes Early Reading Emphasis
Navsaria to give two lectures Monday at Appleton library. Sharing books with children at an early age is important for their long-term learning and well-being, says Dipesh Navsaria, one of the two lecturers chosen for the Appleton Education Foundation’s 2013 Community Education Program. Navsaria, a pediatrician and lecturer at the …
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What Every Parent Should Know About Social Media
A mother’s picture of her partner in his underpants was among the items carelessly made public over social media in a BBC investigation of parents and teenagers online for Safer Internet Day. I consider myself quite canny about using social media without invading my own privacy. But there have been …
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Sharing ‘Cute’ Naked Photos of your Kids Online: Just Don’t
A brouhaha broke out on Instagram recently over a picture of a 3-year-old eating ice cream while taking a bath. The issue was not about eating ice cream in the bath tub — truthfully I think the concept is brilliant — but instead, everyone freaked out about the blogger publicly …
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CHILDUP BESTOF: How Will the Way Kids Learn Change Over the Next 10 Years as New Technology Takes Over in Schools?
How will schools look in 10 years? Futurist expert Neil Selwyn from the Faculty of Education, Monash University, gives his predictions. Virtual assimilation classrooms Learning will incorporate augmented reality and become more immersive as schools copy military-style assimilations. Teachers will be able to recreate a 3D 16th century French palace in a history …
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CHILDUP BESTOF: Poor Parenting ‘Linked to Underachievement at School’
Poor parenting, family breakdown and overexposure to TV has a serious impact on children’s exam results, according to major Government research. A study commissioned by the Department for Education found that a wide range of “stress factors” in the home resulted in a sharp dip in pupil performance at school. …
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Mitch Resnick: Let’s Teach Kids to Code
Coding isn’t just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab — it’s for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do more than just “read” new technologies — but also create them. Mitch Resnick directs the …
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Getting Kids Ready for Kindergarten
Mifflin school board wants preschoolers to learn basics early to help them later. A student who starts kindergarten with some knowledge of shapes, colors and the alphabet is on the right track. Gov. Mifflin School District officials are hoping a new program they’re launching will mold more of their future …
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Video Games and Child Development
Video games now feature ways to get youngsters moving and learning. But parents need to strike a balance with real play, an expert tells Vanessa Yung. Gaming is often considered the realm of teenage boys and couch potatoes. But as technology has evolved, consoles have become equipped with features that …
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34 Percent of UK 9 to 12-Year Olds Have a Facebook Profile: Is That a Problem?
Facebook’s Terms of Service prohibit anyone under the age of 13 from signing up for an account. Kids do it anyway. It’s easy enough. When they get to the box that asks for their birth year, they lie. Facebook doesn’t have anyway to verify the response, so there’s nothing to …
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Parenting in the Digital Age: High Tech Toys Demand New Rules
Janell Burley Hofmann honored her 13-year-old son’s “maturity and growth” at Christmas with his first iPhone, but it came with strings attached. Eighteen strings, to be exact, in a written code of conduct that placed the mommy blogger at the center of the debate over how parents should handle technology …
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