A few weeks ago, my daughter received a package in the mail. It was a book, one that she has been really wanting to read. What confused me was that it was from a “friend of a friend” and it wasn’t a gift for a special occasion. No note of explanation. Just the book. I … Read more
Last week I posted about a great Kindle book by Brett Hoffstadt that gives practical advice on How to Be a Rocket Scientist. (The book is currently available for download on Amazon for $2.99.) Through various social media outlets I learned of a few other rocket science resources that might interest anyone who wants to inspire … Read more
With this week’s Hour of Code very much in my mind, an article in my Flipboard technology magazine this weekend immediately caught my attention. TechCrunch described a new site called, “Bitsbox” that helps children to learn how to write code. The site is one of the featured lessons in this year’s Hour of Code list of … Read more
For today’s entry into this year’s Gifts for the Gifted series (every Friday in November and December) I am recommending the 3Doodler. This 3D printing pen has come a long way since I first received the Kickstarter version around a year ago. If you know a child who loves to create, then this could be a fabulous … Read more
I love StoryCorps, the oral history project that has recorded over 50,000 interviews since 2003. You can listen to many of these interviews on their site, and you can also view some that have been transformed into animations. One of my previous posts was about one of these animations, “Eyes on the Stars.” (Not all … Read more
For today’s Gifts for the Gifted post, I’m going to rewind all the way back to July of this year. Back then, I wrote about a product called Circuit Stickers from Chibitronics. I realize that the word “stickers” might make you grimace. But don’t stop reading, because these are not your ordinary stickers you can … Read more