What we learned this week #65
Now happy as a new iPad might make your sprogs, we took a look at some of the broader issues affecting your kids in the digital world.
It’s Parents’ Week! (Isn’t that every week?)
Parents’ Week isn’t so much about celebrating parents as it is encouraging them to get families spending more time together by making ‘one change’, which is something we’ve talked about on Quib.ly many a time! Here’s a few of our stand-out conversations on the subject.
What we learned this week #63
This week we looked at some potential presents for your gadget-hungry kids. Wearable tech! Minecraft! And robots (duh)!
By Thor’s mighty hammer, more girls will study science!
The ‘Ultimate Mentor Adventure’ (catchy) is a scheme aimed at getting girls aged 14 and up ‘to embark on a journey that will allow them to explore their potential in the world of STEM.
What we learned this week #62
What a week. And by what a week, I mean what a week for people staying indoors and playing the new Grand Theft Auto. I’ve heard nary a peep out … Continue reading
How’s your literacy? Take the test (from 1918)
We worry nowadays about how all this technology stuff is affecting kids’ literacy, but if you want to really panic yourself, sit your kid – and then yourself – down in front of this test from the 1910s.
What we learned this week #61
This week we’ve been looking at what the best gadgets are for your tech-savvy kids from toddlers to teens!
Flip learning: It really works! (A bit)
We’ve learned about flip learning and its pros and cons before, but a quick catch up: it involves kids doing learning at home, and then discussing what they learned at school. Crazy, right? And it works!
What we learned this week #60
We’ve got a fun blog this week, and something a bit different: a couple of questions that caused some healthy debate and actually kind of play off each other. See, fun! (Still got it).
Getting kids into STEM, by Bill Nye
Host of a long-running titular PBS series aimed at teaching science to pre-teens, Nye’s ‘Rules of the Road’ can actually serve as a pretty good blueprint for getting kids excited by STEM (that’s the tricky Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects.
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