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Reader, dad, and gamer Tim recently emailed me about a book review I cited in Harvard Business School's Working Knowldege. The book in question: "Managing the Gamer Generation." Interestingly, London University's Institute of Education just released a study finding that "games are a legitimate area of study in their own right," and "pupils should also be able to create their own games." See the … [Read more...] about A dad on games

Though we usually think of ghosts, ghouls, and other creepies right about now, fairies are the No. 1 costume pick, at least by JeevesIQ's measure of top searches (if there's a fairy wannabe at your house, check out the cute little numbers at eFairies.com ). The rest of the Halloween costume Top 10 were Disney characters, Native American costumes, pirates, angels, princesses, devils, witches, … [Read more...] about Fairies top Halloween costume list

The New South Wales state Education Department is testing a centralized filtering system for its school following the suspension of three students for viewing porn sites on school computers. According to Australian IT, the new filtering system is part of an $84 million plan to tighten Internet security in schools statewide. An Education Department spokesman "said increased security would ensure … [Read more...] about Centralized school filtering in Oz

In some rural schools, the Internet has become as essential as pencils and paper, and having e-rate funds on hold is a hardship, CNET reports. Take the Kuspuk School District, for example. It serves 416 students spread out over 12,000 square miles in southwestern Alaska - "only accessible by plane and, in the summer months, boats on the Kuskokwim River. Video conferencing over the Internet offered … [Read more...] about E-rate: Unconnected schools in Alaska

Their ranks are growing fast. A lot of 4-to-6-year-olds want to keep up with older gamers in their families and/or are finding conventional toys increasingly boring. In an article on this group of gamers, the New York Times points out recent Kaiser Family Foundation research showing that "half of all 4-to-6-year-old children have played video games - on hand-held devices, computers or consoles - … [Read more...] about The littlest gamers