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Free Fetch! Lunch Rush App for Kids

Free Fetch! Lunch Rush App for Kids

PBS KIDS has announced its first augmented reality app for iPhone and iPod touch, Fetch! Lunch Rush, which is now available on the App Store. Available for free, the app uses the camera on iPhone or iPod touch to overlay computer-generated graphics on top of the physical, real-world environment. It…
How Educators Use Technology in the Classroom

How Educators Use Technology in the Classroom

During an award ceremony at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Microsoft Corp. announced the winners of the 2011 Global Forum Educator Awards. This year's winners were selected from more than 115 projects, narrowed from more than 200,000 applicants, who competed at national and regional events over the…
Web Series from Big Brothers Big Sisters

Web Series from Big Brothers Big Sisters

Big Brothers Big Sisters presents the Start Something Web Series, a multiple-episode social media reality documentary. The series, developed pro bono by Publicis Modem New York in partnership with The Advertising Council, will reveal how the nation's largest mentoring network carefully partners with families, volunteers and communities to help children…
High School Students Getting Ready for College

High School Students Getting Ready for College

This month, more than 3.5 million high school students across the United States will take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), an important step on the road to college readiness. Tests will be administered at participating high schools on either Wednesday, October 12 or Saturday, Oct 15. Cosponsored…
TI-Nspire to Inspire Tech Education in India

TI-Nspire to Inspire Tech Education in India

With an array of digital teaching tools, global semiconductor company Texas Instruments (TI) is all set to transform the science and technology education in Indian schools. Among its forays in the education market, TI joined hands with a local education services company Core Education & Technologies today, Sept. 29. The…
Exploring the World with LeapPad Explorer

Exploring the World with LeapPad Explorer

We all know that technology can simplify learning. That’s why schools are increasingly adopting tech solutions for improving their educational systems and vendors are introducing new tech products. Now, technology-based educational products developer LeapFrog Enterprises has introduced its LeapPad Explorer, a multifunctional learning tablet. It aims to usher in the…