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Pocket Spelling Bee Looks Suspiciously Familiar
Franklin's new Pocket Spelling Bee was unveiled at the NYC Toy Fair this week and despite its more than passing resemblance to the Sony Mylo, it appears to be a solid educational toy. The device allows...
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Teachermate Handheld Educational Computer Costs $50, Launches in Chicago
Innovations for Learning just announced a blue GameBoy-like handheld computer designed for schools. It's got directional buttons, a few face buttons, a 2.5-inch LCD, USB sync, SD card storage, AC/USB...
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Nexi, The Social Robot From MIT Goes For the Emo Look
She may look miles away from crossing uncanny valley, but Nexi from MIT's Personal Robots Group is at least on the way. She's designed to be a "Mobile Social Dextrous" machine that moves like we do...
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Tascam GT-R1 Guitar Recorder Lets You Capture Those Brilliant Solos
Tascam—last heard of here on Giz with a portable MP3 guitar "trainer"—has come up with another gizmo that may interest you if you're a guitarist. The GT-R1 is a portable MP3 recorder for capturing your...
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LeapFrog Tag Junior: You Know, A Frog Who Teaches Your Toddler How To Read
Tag Junior book pal, LeapFrog's newest Tag reading system, is now kid-friendlier with its chunky, ubercute, small-hands-friendly design, so you can start neglecting your children even earlier. The Tag...
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SMART Educational Multitouch Table Will Learn Yer Kids Real Good
The SMART Table, that Microsoft Surface-esque multitouch table specifically made for kids, is now out and making its way into classrooms. Each table comes with six applications out of the box and...
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Learn How to Build iPhone Apps from Stanford University
If you've ever had an idea for an iPhone application but you've never known how to begin creating it, Stanford will be offering how-to-build-iphone-apps computer science courses via free video podcasts...
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Concert Hands Teaches Piano with Wrist Straps and Electrical Zaps
What looks kinda creepy actually sounds quite cool. The Concert Hands system teaches you piano (or keyboard) using a 10-finger feedback system that gently pulses when you should play, coupled with an...
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Learn How To Tell Time and Waste Money With a Manual Digital Clock
According to the manufacturers of the Digits Clock, kids don't need to learn how to tell time the old fashioned way. Instead, parents should spend over $100 on a board that requires kids to manually...
View ArticleMaster Programming, Painting, Photography, and Photoshop for Free
You're completely broke after buying all the equipment and supplies for your latest creative venture, so why not save money on lessons. The best way to soothe your inner cheapskate? Free online...
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Inescapable Technology Is Beating Up Our Brains
Is taking out your iPad during dinner conversation even rude anymore? Is it normal to get nervous with distraction-free minutes? I just glanced at my phone while typing this. The NY Times explores our...
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It's a Little Weird When Your Family Gets Geeky
As many prepare to trudge home for Thanksgiving, an old dread is in our hearts. Our poor, confused parents and their malfunctioning routers that need fixing. But maybe even scarier? Now they're...
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Depresing Newz: Spelcheking During Exams Now OoKay Wit Oragan Schols
Hey, here's a thing that's suddenly not cheating anymore: using a computer spell checker on school writing exams. This week's top head-shaking sign of the times is courtesy of Oregon, now condoning the...
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Why iPads Aren't Ready For Classrooms... Yet
A tony prep school in Knoxville, Tennessee has made it mandatory for every student between grades 4 and 12 to own an iPad. That might be a good idea, someday! But being this far ahead of the curve...
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Swipe Four for iPhone Is Like Boggle In Reverse
Games with words are fun because they're like learning, too, which is why it's A-OK that I just sunk 30 minutes into Swipe Four, a $1 iPhone game that challenges you to add letters to a grid, creating...
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Oh God, No: Twitter Now an Acceptable Replacement for Raising Your Hand in Class
Twitter is a good thing as long as it allows us to do things we couldn't do without it. Such as: organizing democratic change in the Middle East! But Twitter is really sad when it's used as a classroom...
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Memrise Is a Viva Pinata For Language Students
Memrise is an online farming game similar to Viva Pinata. It's built on words, not some silly buzzlegums and mixes addictive gaming with mnemonics to make learning a new language fun. The concept is...
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Everything You Need to Raise a Little Genius
If you have aspirations of your bundle of joy being one day accepted at Harvard, winning a Nobel Prize, or even exploring the stars, starting them off with baby rattles and pacifiers isn't going to cut...
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Is Learning to Code More Popular Than Learning a Foreign Language?
There was a time when people used to go to night classes or buy DIY guides to learn foreign languages in their spare time. But the New York Times is to have us believe that French and Spanish are out...
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Scientists Find First Definitive Genetic Links to Autism
Scientists have uncovered several gene mutations that sharply increase the chances of developing autism. It's the first time researchers have pinpointed a specific genetic component with the spectrum...
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