Guest Blog: 6 Apps Students Should Never Pay For
August 5, 2010 by Sarah Ward
Filed under Software, Tools
As a student you have the responsibility of paying for your tuition, your textbooks, all those meals that help you gain your freshman 15, and everything else in between. There are somethings you shouldn’t be paying for and it’s particular apps that you need to help you in school. I have provided a list of [...]
Nintendo Video Game Designer Shigeru Miyamoto Turns to Life for Inspiration
July 23, 2010 by Sarah Ward
Filed under Art & Design, Career, Celebrity, Software
Nintendo Video Game Designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Photo c/o Lawrence K. Ho / LA Times Shigeru Miyamoto is Nintendo’s chief video game designer and the creative genius behind their best-selling games including Mario, Donkey Kong, and Zelda. He’s also the legend video game designers aspire to be. A natural innovator, Miyamoto received his formal education from [...]
Video Games Fabulous Teaching Tools Says Justice O’Connor
May 28, 2010 by Sarah Ward
Filed under Online Education, Software
On Wednesday, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor spoke with ABC News about a great new learning tool for children — video games. “They’re fabulous,” she told George Stephanopoulos this week. “And we’ve had tests done. And the students go up 20 percent in their knowledge by playing those games. It’s just incredible.” [...]
Web Based Applications for Education – Google
June 1, 2009 by Brandon Buttars
Filed under Online Education, Software, Tools
I’m sure you’ve all seen the lists of FREE open source software and maybe even the specific lists of FREE open source software that will help students. Well that’s great and all but what happens when you jump from computer to computer? You have to install the software on those computers. Well we thought we’d [...]