27
Jul 14

Do you know why your child should learn to program?

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photo credit: neoneddy via photopin cc

Education is an issue that constantly we question. Surely you like me you are thinking if our education system is effective or not, if our children and students learn about, better or worse. We compare ourselves with other countries and propose possible changes.

At Present, one of these "debates" revolves around the possibility of including in the curriculum materials and programming.

¿Programming?? For if. Countries like the United States and Estonia begin to include programming as a subject in their schools, and many educators and computer scientists who defend to the hilt the benefits of introducing this kind of knowledge at an early age.

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20
Jul 14

We're going to the beach!

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photo credit: Lotus Carroll via photopin cc

We are in the summer and holiday sure you'll catch them or speck of. Why could not pass up the opportunity to devote an article to top destination for summer holidays: the beach.

It is undeniable how good we feel when we're on vacation, without worries, or schedules, but, Did you know that the beach has many benefits for your health and your children?

In today's post, we will see the main benefits of this long-awaited destiny and all that brings your kids play in the sand.

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13
Jul 14

Schools of the future. Ritaharju School.

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photo credit: tomkellyphoto via photopin cc

A few days ago I read the article of Camila Alicia Ortega Hermina in Marketing on Young 11 most innovative schools in the world, and he has made me reflect.

Of the 11 this author suggests schools, none is in Spain, Should not we worry? Undoubtedly be the most innovative college that does not mean being the best academic results have, or the best prepared students out, but to be honest, it is quite related.

For my part, I wanted to analyze the characteristics that make these colleges excel over others.

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07
Jul 14

Future Games. Osmo para iPad.

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Image property of Tangible Play

A few weeks ago, I wrote un post on applications that break barriers between analog and digital. With this article we saw that wanted all games or applications need not create a dependency, or a barrier to the "real world", rather the opposite.

They are becoming more and higher quality, the games intended to create a link between the real and the digital. But what, above all, They have a clear objective, improve skills in a particular area.

This is, from my point of view, the objective of Osmo, iPad accessory that connects what is happening on the device with reality.

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