Tag: CLASSROOM

There are plenty of apps you can use to build your own comic strip, with little artistic talent required. Various members of the Download Squad team love Bitstrips and Comic Life Magiq, but we grownups aren't really the target audience for ToonDoo, a comic strip maker from Zoho. ToonDoo is for educational use, allowing kids to make comic strips in the classroom (even if they can't draw), and ...

At the University of Brighton, Professor Tara Brabazon has taken it upon herself to purge the classroom of the likes of Wikipedia and Google, saying that, "Too many students don't use their own brains enough. We need to bring back the important values of research and analysis." Apparently, the work of students has been "banal" as a result of search engines - which caused her to ban them altogether ...

As more and more communication moves into the online environment, it is extremely important that children are safe from the harsh reality that there are criminals lurking about online. The Guardian Angels, a 29 year old crime fighting group, extended its reach into the online world over 10 years ago, and has recently scored a state grant worth $200,000 US to fight crime online. Their targets are ...