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Educational Apps for Low-Income Areas

Educational Apps for Low-Income Areas

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) are providing free educational apps to Head Start centers, local PBS stations, and other organizations in underserved communities. The apps will be downloaded onto devices that families have access to in local Head Start centers and other community…
See the Universe with Webb Space Telescope

See the Universe with Webb Space Telescope

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md. will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Sunday, March 18 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. EDT. It's a free afternoon for children of all ages and their families with a look at how NASA's most powerful space telescope will look…
IBM Playbook to Prepare Students for Tech Jobs

IBM Playbook to Prepare Students for Tech Jobs

Tech major IBM (NYSE: IBM) has released a new playbook designed to outline how to develop an innovative grades 9-14 school that connects education to economic development and good-paying jobs. In conjunction with the release of the playbook, IBM also unveiled plans to partner with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and…
American Girl McKenna Ready to Fly

American Girl McKenna Ready to Fly

This January, girls everywhere will flip for McKenna, American Girl’s new 2012 Girl of the Year. A determined, energetic girl who loves gymnastics, McKenna shines on the balance beam, but when she falls behind in school, she must use her strengths to turn challenges into triumphs. Through McKenna, girls will…
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…