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!
How play is crucial for developing a sense of identity
When children are born they don’t distinguish themselves from their surroundings and it takes a few years before children realise that people can hold different opinions and act independently. This phase is described as a child having no ‘sense of self’.
GoldieBlox: Engineering toys for girls
Gendered toys are pretty silly: telling boys they need to be heroes and girls they need to be saved, or deciding boys can play with toy guns and stuff whilst … Continue reading
This Christmas’s hot toy, courtesy of Will.i.am
Our old pal, international pop sensation/TV personality/Olympic flame ignorer Will.i.am, is at it again! Not content with inspiring kids to take up STEM subjects with his charity, he’s gonna get … Continue reading
I’m bringing techie back
What do you do when an MP3, streaming film rental or app messes up? Well, new plans by the British government will have UK readers covered at least.
What we learned this week #29
It’s been an exciting week in our corner of the world. Here’s some neat stuff we learned this week.
Gimme a Lego and I shall build my world
On this day, all the way back in 1958, the Lego brick was patented. Let’s reflect a little on the trademark plastic brick which has come a long way from its humble beginning.
What we learned this week #25
Here we all are, together again, gathered ‘round the warming glow of the flatscreen, to look back on another week of exciting, occasionally ridiculous, technology and parenting news.
Join us for the Twitter party – #joyoftech
After the overwhelming response to our last Twitter chat #futureEd, we are back with a great new topic – The big bang of Tech and creativity. How can parents and teachers … Continue reading
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