Tags: education
Tags: education
TUAW Review: HanDBase for iPhone
Posted Tuesday November 25, 2008, 8:03 pm, Over one day old at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Enterprise, Software, Education, Reviews, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch Last month TUAW pointed you to a video of a relational database application for iPhone and iPod touch: HanDBase.
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World Map geography tester
Posted Thursday November 6, 2008, 7:14 pm, Over one day old at Download Squad
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Gypsy history month - $150k says Elvis was a Gypsy
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 5:52 am, Over one day old at Blogging Baby
"Although the department endorsed the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month, responsibility for the organisation and material produced has been handed to the community as they are best placed to educate and inform on their cultural heritage."
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Is the well-read child more even-tempered?
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 2:55 am, Over one day old at Blogging Baby
From the earliest age, and even in the womb (your child can hear as soon as her ears form, even if she can't see the pictures from in the womb), parents are being instructed to read to their little ones.
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UK agency gives tips for spotting racist toddlers
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 2:55 am, Over one day old at Blogging Baby
Filed under: Babies, Toddlers, Preschoolers, In the news, Weird but true, Childcare, Education In an effort to help teachers and child-care workers spot budding racists, the UK's National Children's Bureau (NCB) has come out with a 366-page guide called Young Children and Racial Justice.
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Pre-school sex ed
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 2:34 am, Over one day old at Blogging Baby
Brook's CEO, Simon Blake, said that "If we get high quality sex and relationships education in every primary and secondary school across the UK, all the evidence shows teenage pregnancy rates will continue to fall and will improve young people's sexual health."
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Censorship in toys
Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 1:14 pm, Over one day old at Blogging Baby
Among the things you can do with the caterpillar are set it to play different kinds of music (each leg plays a different song) and say the letters on the legs. You can also set it to pronounce the sound the letter makes when it is spoken. As a joke my husband tried to sound out a dirty word.
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What's wrong with the pledge?
Posted Saturday July 5, 2008, 1:34 pm, Over one day old at Blogging Baby
Filed under: Holidays, Education, Religion & spirituality The pledge of allegiance, with its references to "Richard Stans" and our "invisible" nation, is mis-quoted every morning by public school children across the nation.
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Smart Start: Summer reading for boys
Posted Thursday July 3, 2008, 3:14 am, Over one day old at Blogging Baby
Children who do not spend time reading over the summer often show significant losses in their reading skills at the start of the new school year, and boys, specifically find it challenging to sink into a good book over the summer months.
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Microsoft applies for digital manners patent
Posted Thursday June 12, 2008, 1:09 pm, Over one day old at The Tao of Mac
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