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		<title>The Silver Story: Coins Can Teach Kids Value of Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 07:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The piggy bank has been a staple for U.S. children as far back as the 1800s. The name &#8220;piggy bank&#8221; actually is derived from the Old English term &#8220;pygg,&#8221; the red-orange clay from which people would construct jars to hold their extra money before banks became commonplace. Today kids get excited when they receive a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hakitzu Teaches Javascript Through Fun, Strategic Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ginac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest barrier to learning anything is being interested enough to keep learning. Text books, lectures, and even some iPad apps don&#8217;t usually do a great job at making learning fun. But Frank Meehan and his team at Kuato Studios have disrupted the dusty old learning tools of yesteryear with a slick new game called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tools to Help Young Students Tell Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ginac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Back to School]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids enjoy telling stories. What better way to actively engage children with the world than through their own stories. I recently came across this wonderful blog post on the Edudemic blog on interactive storytelling apps for kids. Most of the apps are for iPads, but some are web-based and most are completely free. The styles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Most Schools Don&#8217;t Teach</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ginac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you ask a child what she wants to be when she grows up, she&#8217;ll probably mention something she&#8217;s been exposed to, something that ignited her spirit, or something she&#8217;s seen on TV, in her family, or  learned about in school. So, while kids want to grow up to be teachers, doctors, singers, and astronauts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Be A Journalist? Consider SEO Journalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ginac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEO or search engine optimization is no longer enough to build a viable online business. It seems, once a professional SEO company figures out some type of linking strategy to gain high visibility with Google, they change the game. Google has evolved and so must all those online trying to use Google for traffic and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Leonardo da Vinci Wouldn&#8217;t be an Artist in Modern Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we think of Leonardo da Vinci, the &#8220;Mona Lisa&#8221; and the &#8220;Last Supper&#8221; come to mind &#8212; not a brilliant engineer hundreds of years before his time. What many do not realize is that da Vinci was a skilled engineer who inspired the Wright brothers and conceptualized the helicopter. Da Vinci came from very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[Infographic] Major Ed-Tech Trends for 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ginac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3-D Printing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Make]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free Online University Courses . . . for credit, tablets, MOOCs, game-based learning and even 3-D printers. Thanks to OnlineColleges.net for sharing this great infographic that outlines what&#8217;s hot in Ed Tech for 2013.]]></description>
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		<title>Infographic: Can Tablets Take the Place of Teachers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ginac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A radical experiment is underway to determine if tablets can take the place of teachers, especially in areas of the world where villages have no literate adults. If children can learn to read, they can read to learn. That&#8217;s the philosophy behind this experiment to find out if illiterate children can learn to read on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Put Down Your Pencils: Relaxed Standardized Test Requirements Change College Admissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ginac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Back to School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standardized tests have long been a rite of passage for aspiring college students, but a growing number of institutions are lifting their mandate requiring applicants to submit an SAT or ACT score. According to Fairtest.org, more than 800 colleges and universities no longer require applicants to take either of the two major standardized tests. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Infographic: Nintendo Most Profitable Gaming Company in the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ginac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just for Fun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nintendo is an amazingly iconic gaming company. Yes, it does seem everywhere you go, you see a four year-old with a Nintendo DS busily racing Mario around a track. Although other gaming companies have risen to prominence in the past decade, Nintendo remains the most profitable gaming company in the world. Are your kids Nintendo [...]]]></description>
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