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Dear Parents: 5 Educational Game Apps!
DragonBox A game almost as addictive as Angry Birds, DragonBox combines first rate art design and smooth game mechanics to teach the basics of algebraic thinking. At first glance, it seems like DragonBox is tricking kids into learning algebra. It’s not. Kids are actually doing algebra from the moment they start the app. Trials have…
Education Models Are Killing Creativity?
A 1995 interview with Steve Job stresses the importance of tolerance for failure and the confidence to take risks. When asked about his vision of the world, Jobs replied: “When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your job is just to live your life inside the world….
Make Reading Fun!
With latest technology, it makes it easy to zoom pass what we use to take time and appreciate. That includes reading. Contemporary kids do not bother to read anymore. Even for school assignments, it is easy to access the summary of the book, or if the book is made into a movie, they will rather watch…
Dear Parents: How to Prepare Your Kid For the Future
When was the last time you asked your child ‘what do you want to be when you grow up?’ This cliche question that may seem dreamy and irrelevant now, it is proven to get kid’s brain pumping. Whenever I was asked this question, I always said, “I don’t know.” Maybe that is why I spent…