If you want to get a soccer mom’s attention, bring up the subject of artificial turf, the preferred playing surface for children from pre-K to college – or at least preferred by school boards and parks and recreation departments. From concerns about concussions to cancer , parents have become alarmed by reports in the media of increased injuries and illnesses.
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The Highs And Lows Of Digital Drug Addiction
From desktop computers to smartphones, technology is everywhere. The easy access to email and social media has led some people to become addicted to technology — and it’s not just adults to are getting hooked.
City offers spring break activities 6 hours from now
Is the city offering any programs or activities for kids to do during spring break? Can you also tell me about upcoming events happening this spring? Yes. The Victoria Public Library is having a variety of fun, free programs during spring break week, March 14-17, to keep your children busy.
Your family robot may be teaching your kids bad manners
Emerson and Asher Labovich play with “Alexa,” an Amazon Echo voice assistant, while their mom, Laura Labovich, looks on. As millions of American families buy robotic voice assistants to turn off lights, order pizzas and fetch movie times, children are eagerly co-opting the gadgets to settle dinner table disputes, answer homework questions and entertain friends at sleepover parties.
.com | Kids should live dangerously
“The Cape Flats” is a name that at once evokes our shame-filled history of the Group Areas Act, while it allows us to ignore our responsibility to the families who live there, writes Sarah Crawford-Browne . Awarded after your first article is published on MyNews24.
And the Oscar for overreacting goes to
I will tell you as to when most parents get into panic mode: 1 Ahead of public exams of their children. 2 Most other occasions.
New Alien movie features gay couple repopulating planet
If you’re a fan of the Alien movies, which of the following do you recognize as being in the contemporary standard formula of Alien films? B) A large crew, warned of hostile aliens, breaks down into small numbers and goes to dark, isolated places to see what happens next. If you answered “E,” you are correct! The new Aliens: Covenant film features a ship of colonists going to populate a new planet.
Awesome 11-year-old girl invents a prosthetic arm that blasts glitter
She designed and created a prosthetic arm that shoots out glitter. It’s working title? “Project Unicorn.”
Silicon Valley celebrates National Engineers Week
Photograph by George Sakkestad The Stratford School in Los Gatos teaches basic coding principles starting in preschool. Teacher Sonya Shatsman uses a “Bee Bot” during a science and technology lesson on forests.
Goodyear experts partner with Akron STEM schools on special projects
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. wants to inspire more Akron-area companies to create boots-on-the-ground partnerships with Akron Public Schools.
Former Anki Executive Blake Hennon Joins Learn and Play Leader Osmo to Grow New Play Movement –
Leader in children’s education and entertainment hires Blake Hennon as VP of Distribution to oversee the company’s strategic product expansion that bridges physical and digital worlds Osmo , the award-winning company changing the way children play and learn, today announces the addition of Blake Hennon as Vice President of Distribution. The expansion of Osmo’s leadership team follows a recent $24 million in funding from Mattel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Collab+Sesame, Shea Ventures and existing investors Accel, Upfront Ventures and K9 Ventures.
Lego robots help teach kids about engineering, math
Gears whirred as the Lego robot car raced towards the wall, its impact looming imminent in the eyes of Keira Rico. Just before the moment of impact the car stopped and turned around, and what seemed like an unstoppable force avoided the immovable object.
Aspiring engineers take part in scientific experiments at ITC
Hundreds of children from the Binghamton community packed into the Innovative Technologies Complex on Saturday for a chance to participate in science challenges and experiments, and to learn about what science looks like at a university. More than 500 community members of all ages attended “Engineers Week Community Day,” a full day of events put on by the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, in celebration of National Engineers Week.
Toy Fair New York 2017 – Booth #3035
“We are thrilled to incorporate some of the latest new tech elements we have been working with lately into this exciting line up here at Toy Fair in New York City?there is truly something for everyone in the family!” said Davin Sufer, Chief Tech Officer at WowWee. Fingerlings Friendship at your fingertips! Fingerlings baby monkeys come to life with endless ways of play and realistic sounds to let you know how they are feeling.
How robots could help chronically ill kids attend school
Over the past century, American schools have integrated an ever-more-diverse group of students. Racial integration is most prominent, but it’s not just Native Americans, blacks and Latinos who have been brought into public education.
Debunking the myths you think you know about baby boomers
Boomerpreneurs: Forty per cent workers over 65 are self-employed, according to the latest figures from Industry Canada. Baby Boomers have had a bad rap.
A Girl And Her Glitter-Shooting Prosthetic: ‘You Can Do Anything’
Jordan Reeves’ face lights up when she talks about “Finding Nemo,” remembering how she met the cast of the musical at Disney World last year. “I wore a Nemo-looking dress,” said Jordan, age 11. “It looked like a clown fish, just like Nemo.
How to Raise Responsible Digital Kids
Dr. Yalda T. Uhls , a former exec at MGM and Sony, left the movie world to study the media’s effect on child development, earning a PhD in Psychology at UCLA. Uhls is now an adjunct professor at UCLA, a part-time adviser at Common Sense Media , an educational consultant on Dot – an animated series from Randi Zuckerberg and The Jim Henson Co.
Brightening views
Students don eclipse glasses to look directly at the sun on Saturday at Discovery Park. The UNT campus hosted 20 sixth-graders from Sanger ISD for its first NASA learning camp.
Five questions with Bonnie Schmidt, president of Let’s Talk Science
Bonnie Schmidt, president of Let’s Talk Science, says fostering curiosity is critical to helping students achieve their full potential in a rapidly changing work force. Bonnie Schmidt, president of Let’s Talk Science, says fostering curiosity is critical to helping students achieve their full potential in a rapidly changing work force.
LEGO Life – a totally positive social media site for kids
In 2017 a lot of social interaction happens on social media but Facebook and Twitter aren’t exactly what we would call “kid friendly”. Which is probably why LEGO went ahead and made LEGO Life , the social media site for kids.
Nittany Media’s Hain receives industry honor
An area technology leader was recently honored with an industry award at a New York City ceremony. Michael Hain, of Nittany Media, was named by Cablefax Magazine as the Independent Tech Executive of The Year.
Boys & Girls Clubs Sweetheart Gala to honor Capriolas
Renee and Joe Capriola first became involved in the Boys & Girls Clubs when their daughters were of club-member age. Submitted photo.
Big changes in Trump’s cybersecurity executive order
An executive order awaiting President Trump’s signature is aimed at improving nation’s hacker defenses – including a plan to have the U.S. military review what kids are learning about cybersecurity in school. The president was expected to sign the mandate Tuesday.
Former Astronaut Captain James A. Lovell Named To The Board Of…
The National Museum of the American Sailor Foundation appointed Captain James A. Lovell, U.S. Navy and former NASA astronaut, to the Foundation’s board of directors. NMASF is working to create the only museum dedicated exclusively to the enlisted sailor.
Pamela Puri on leading tech4kidz: Youngsters benefit when you teach them digital skills
Pamela Puri, founder of tech4kidz, stands in front of a projection during a coding class for youngsters at Le Moyne College. She started the company in 2014 to offer programming and technology classes to children from age 6 to 15. Pamela Puri saw the value in teaching computer coding and digital skills to her three elementary-school-age children.
Child protection agency misses hundreds of payments due to computer glitches
Philip Browning, head of the county Department of Children and Family Services, listens to a woman who cares for her granddaughter after a 2012 talk to caregivers in South Central. Philip Browning, head of the county Department of Children and Family Services, listens to a woman who cares for her granddaughter after a 2012 talk to caregivers in South Central.
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My Autism Connection, a local autism support organization, will hold its inaugural Walk the Spectrum event Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Estero Community Park. The event is open to the public.
Researcher’s bid to stop child-killing syndrome
An Auckland-based doctor’s ground-breaking research, involving lab-cultivated, living, beating heart cells, could land a blow against a major killer of Kiwi children. A new effort has been launched to keep Swedish paediatric cardiology expert Dr Annika Winbo’s pioneering work here in New Zealand.
Students teach Somerset School Committee members how to code
North Elementary School fifth grade students not only gave a presentation to the Somerset School Committee on what they do with computer coding in their classes, but they also took a few minutes to look at the laptop computers of the School Committee members and gave them a few lessons about how to write code. “I can promise you, I didn’t know this stuff in fifth grade, fourth grade, third grade and down,” School Committee Chairman Stu Mahjoory said after a student showed him how to write code.
Kids who code are candidates for some of the most lucrative
Keeping taking those math and science classes. Glassdoor employee survey finds 14 of the top 50 jobs are reserved for tech-skilled workers.
Online educator to hire 20,000 North American teachers by 2017
Entrepreneur Cindy Mi’s office sits in a building that used to be a Taoist temple in one of Beijing’s oldest hutong areas, but there’s nothing traditional about her startup. Formally known as Future VIPKID, the company founded in 2013 has built a rapidly growing business by allowing Chinese children to learn English at home via videoconferencing with North America-based instructors.
Ringling Bros. Throws in the Towel: Should Boxing’s Ringmasters be Concerned?
Two definitions of “tradition,” as listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, describe it as “cultural continuity in social attitudes, customs and institutions,” as well “an inherited, established or customary pattern of thought, action or behavior.” At 69 years of age, I consider myself a staunch proponent of tradition, at least those customs that can be traced back at least to my impressionable youth and have somehow survived in a constantly evolving society.
Five ways to make your child a creative genius
Congratulations! Your child is already a creative genius by virtue of being human. Humans are far more creative than any other species.
More than 80 Kiwi kids abducted each year
More than 80 children were abducted or kidnapped in the first nine months of 2016, and those most at risk were in their late teens. It is not known how many of the incidents are related to domestic disputes but experts say abductions by strangers are rare and “stranger danger” advice is outdated.
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Admission is free on Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursday through the month of February. Admission to Hamill Family Play Zoo is also free.
Discover Dinosaurs exhibit just right for little kids
Approach “Discover the Dinosaurs UNLEASHED” as a thoughtful carnival and you are unlikely to be disappointed by the two-day exhibit. There are serious-looking dino robots that growl and snarl and bob their heads like meat-eating horses.
No #1 Robotics Creator ROOBO Unveils AI Companion Robot for Kids
PuddingBeanQ answers the questions under eights ask of life, the universe and everything. It also teaches music and basic maths, and will understand up to 50 languages )–An adorable, small robot that can answer those innumerable ‘why” questions from young children is unveiled at CES by global technology intelligence platform ROOBO.
Another weird Chinese invention: A newspaper hat for preventing students from cheating
Recently, a Chinese school gave a hilarious moment to its pupils that shall invite a smile upon their faces every time they will recall it. In a bid to stop the school kids from cheating by peeping into each other’s answer sheets, they were forced to wear `newspaper hats’ throughout the course of the exam.
Lego’s new kit teaches kids to code
The company is launching a new building and coding set at CES 2017 this week that brings movement to Legos. The Lego Boost kit lets kids build five different smart toy models, including a cat, robot and guitar, with the help of sensors and motors.