Learning To Read With Virtual Teachers: Did a Computer Game and Nintendo DS Game Teach Our 5 Year Old How to Read?

Last year at the video game conference E3, I met Hank Kaplan of Mentor Interactive. He told me about a new Nintendo DS title being developed by educators called My Virtual Tutor Reading Adventure. The idea was that the game [...]

Google Doodles: What’s Your Favorite?

The Google Doodles, the illustrations that regularly transform Google’s home page to mark things like holidays . . . famous birthdays . . . and notable discoveries and inventions are becoming a tradition!  For example, yesterday the Google Doodle was [...]

Gloss Find: Flip SlideHD Camcorder

We love Flip’s camcorders — they’re fun, so simple to use and their HD version rivals more expensive digital video cameras as far as quality. Plus, we love the “design-your-own” features that let us personalize our Flip with images and [...]

Need Sleep? Get PowrNaps

Late night vomiting. Crayon on the walls. Early risers.

These are just a few of the joys that come with parenthood territory that we just have to live with.

Gloss Find: Personal Trainer Cooking for DS

The fairly new Personal Trainer series of titles take the handhelds to a new level, by offering expert instruction on a variety of topics. My favorite: Personal Trainer: Cooking.