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Global Kids to Launch Online Community and Game, 'Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City,' to Raise Youth ... (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2008 -- To mark the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, youth leaders for Global Kids, Inc. have created an online community and game in conjunction with Game Pill, Inc., AMD and Microsoft Corp.'s Partners in Learning where young people can engage in and experience the ongoing relief efforts in New Orleans.
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Two new devices mix learning with games (The Gleaner)
Your children can learn math, how to tell time and other skills needed for school — and you don't have to pry them away from video games.
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Mixed emotions on STAR results (Morgan Hill Times)
Some math teachers say the district's focus is on hard numbers such as test scores and head counts when it should be on the beauty in numbers.
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GamING AND SURGEons (Ventura County Star)
Researchers who gathered in Boston for the American Psychological Association convention detailed a series of studies suggesting that video games can be powerful learning tools — from increasing younger students' problem-solving potential to improving the suturing skills of laparoscopic surgeons.
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Some things take forever - like waiting for Fay to pass through (The Florida Times-Union)
Time flies as you get older, but waiting for fickle Fay to come and go seemed to take forever. If William Shakespeare had been alive last week, he would have said, "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Fay crept in at a petty pace from day to day."
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Church news 8/30 (The Lufkin Daily News)
Angelina Church of Christ. Weekly events. Aug. 31. Sunday, Aug. 31, at 9:30 a.m., Bible classes for cradle roll; 3 yrs-kindergarten; 1st & 2nd grades; 3rd-5th grades; 6th & 7th grades. The adult class is studying the book of Acts taught by Tom Crater. At 10 a.m., Wes Basham will speak on "Spiritual Growth." At 6 p.m., Hershel Bearden's topic is "Peace of Mind" using Philippians 4:4-7. On ...
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Real-World Lessons in Virtual World (Kansas City InfoZine)
Designing and playing computer games can engage students in science and mathematics
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Leondis ’08, remembered for service to others, dies after fight with leukemia (Yale Daily News)
Friends and family knew her for her ability to fight for those around her quietly. “Aiding people and supporting people — that is really one of the defining things of Stacey’s character,” her father, Joseph Leondis, said.
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Leapfrog learning devices keep kids engaged (Everett Herald)
Your kids can learn math, how to tell time and other skills needed for school -- and you don't have to pry them away from video games.
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Newsy day cries out for portability: Editors' Picks for Thursday from The PD (The Plain Dealer)
9:30 a.m. Go buy a paper. If you're historically minded, you might want to clip the Obama headlines, but if you're not, there's enough news for a coffee break, lunch and something to do while you're waiting for this afternoon's...
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