Whether your child or grandchild is a toddler or a teenager, it's a great idea to include educational gifts that promote reading and learning in your holiday gift exchange. While children need to choose the gifts they want, the value of reading and learning is immeasurable and will last a lifetime. Children may not realize they enjoy these activities if they are never allowed … [Read more...] about Encourage Reading during the Holidays with Educational gifts for Children
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Apple Gives Overhaul to iPads in Education Offering
The first few iterations of any new project are always going to suss out strengths and weaknesses. To this end, Apple has listened to feedback aimed toward their iPads in Education program and is making more than a few changes (at just the right time, when educators are starting to make plans for the next school year beginning in the autumn). Changes to the program are … [Read more...] about Apple Gives Overhaul to iPads in Education Offering
Train Your Brain With Lumosity: Now Available For Android
Designed by a team of neuroscientists with foundations in the study of neuroplasticity (read: smart people trying to make our brains work better), Lumosity is just as fun to play as it is functional. Sure it helps that the mini-games inside this app are specially crafted to improve your mental speed, memory, attention span, flexibility and problem solving skills... but it … [Read more...] about Train Your Brain With Lumosity: Now Available For Android
New Provider, New Customers on the Digital Reference Front
Credo Reference, a mainstay in offering reference content to libraries since 1999, announced today that it has signed over 500 customer libraries in the nine months since the launch of its Literati solution. This announcement, as well as the news last week from IOP Publishing that it has partnered with Morgan & Claypool to branch out into offering ebook content for research … [Read more...] about New Provider, New Customers on the Digital Reference Front
Cheaper, Smaller 5 Inch Vinci Tab II for Children Costs $169
If you are looking for a cute little tablet device for your bundle of joy, the Vinci Tab II can fit the bill. While almost all tablet devices for kids come with a 7 inch display, this one offers a smaller 5 inch of screen. The reduction in screen size has made the Vinci Tab II a lot cheaper, with prices starting at $169, down from the $199 that its bigger cousin costs. The … [Read more...] about Cheaper, Smaller 5 Inch Vinci Tab II for Children Costs $169
VINCI Tablet: 7 Inch Rugged Tablet for Kids
Parents eager to buy tablet PCs for their toddlers will soon have one more option: Rullingnet’s Vinci tablet. It's a 7 inch tablet featuring a unique design that includes a sturdy rod framework surrounding the entire tablet. Such a layout not only ensures added protection for the tablet (something that is extremely important for a device meant for kids), but also allows for the … [Read more...] about VINCI Tablet: 7 Inch Rugged Tablet for Kids
Kineo Tablet for Schoolchildren Starts to Ship
The Kineo Android tablets has now finally started to ship. Targeted primarily at the young mind, the tablet is now on way to some select states in the US, such as Texas, California, and Tennessee among a few others. Also, with school age kids as the primary clientele, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the tablet comes with some built-in restrictions and is a lot different … [Read more...] about Kineo Tablet for Schoolchildren Starts to Ship