CodeWizardsHQ: Online Coding Classes and Camps
If you’ve got a kid or teen who’s interested in learning to code, take a visit to CodeWizardsHQ.
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Commonplace Books Part 6: Automation Revisited
The addition to my previously published and shared commonplace book automation is adding in the ability to annotate the copied text from the book (highlight, underline, or write in my own thoughts on the passage) and then attach that annotated text into the Ulysses entry in my commonplace book.
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‘Thinkrolls Play & Code’ Encourages Growth and Creativity Through Problem Solving (Sponsored)
‘Thinkrolls Play & Code’ is available now on the App Store, and new subscribers get a free seven-day trial to explore all that this fun and exciting tool has to offer.
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GeekDad First Look – ‘Game Builder Garage’ for Nintendo Switch
‘Game Builder Garage’ is an innovative video game creation toolset complete with a series of pre-determined tutorials projects—some seven in all—to teach you the ropes.
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GeekDad Review: DEVONthink 3.0
We are firmly in the digital age, which means we all collect a ton of digital information. But how do you find the information you need when you have so much at your fingertips?
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Review: GoCube
The GoCube is a wired Rubik’s-cube puzzle that will teach you how to solve it and master it.
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Game Creation is Doodlematic Gameplay
Teaching the other side of game creation – Doodlematic can help teach game design and dynamics to complement coding skills from other STEAM sources.
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New Toca Boca Makes Creative Screen Time
The latest and greatest apps from Toca Boca, how do we love you? ‘Toca Kitchen Sushi’ and “Toca Life: World’ continue to amaze.
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Geek Links: Scratch 3.0 Is Here
Scratch releases version 3.0 of their popular kid-friendly programming language. Courtesy: https://scratch.mit.edu/
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Geek Links: DEVONthink Limited Time Education Discount
DEVONthink is offering a limited time 40% education discount! Courtesy: DEVON Technologies
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Geek Links: Three New OCR Features From Rocketbook
This week, Rocketbook is announcing three new OCR features they are adding to their notebooks. Courtesy: Rocketbook.com
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Hue Sync All Your Content With Light and Color
The Philips Hue Sync application allows all the colors of Philips Hue lights to synchronize with your media—making your TV, movies, games, and music immersive on a room-wide scale.
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Morpholio Amazes Again With Smart Area Calculator for Live Sketches
New “Smart Fill” tool for the Trace app calculates area and adds color fill to sketches in real-time, even if the drawing does not have a single straight line.
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Connect, Organize, and Succeed With Unison
If you’re tired of ceaseless confusing message chains and disparate shared calendars, give today’s sponsor, Unison, a try.
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‘Dr. Panda Restaurant 3’ Now Available
Dr. Panda dons his chef’s hat one more time in ‘Dr. Panda Restaurant 3’, now available on mobile devices.
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‘Kidomi:’ Streaming Edutainment for Young Kids
‘Kidomi’, a subscription-based app for kids that delivers an ever-changing lineup of edutainment from major label content producers, launches today on the Google Play Store.
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Black Box VR Is Real-World Exercise and Virtual Reality eSports
Workout at the Black Box VR gym and get virtual superpowers to build real-world muscle.
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Your World Your Way — Stay Safe With Bitdefender
Offering a multi-layered, proactive, cross-platform scanning, security, and support solution, Bitdefender protects my family wherever we roam and on whatever devices we choose to use. [sponsored]
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Everyone Can Sketch Using Morpholio Trace and Augmented Reality
Morpholio grabs Apple’s new ARKit by the seeds–the new AR mode creates a virtual perspective finder and lets anyone draw like a pro.
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‘Dr. Panda Plus: Home Designer’ Is Augmented Reality for Kids
‘Dr. Panda Plus: Home Designer’ is an excellent introduction to augmented reality for younger users, but is it little more than a digital dollhouse?
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Two New Learn-To-Code Books for Kids
I’m always on the lookout for new coding books, and I’ve got two new ones that are definitely unique. If you’ve got a child who has expressed interest in learning to code games, both of these would make great introductions to the world of programming/coding.
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KOOV Coding and Robotics Kit Creates Innovators
A new coding and robotics kit for the innovators of tomorrow from Sony, KOOV comes with everything needed to start creating unique robotic creations.
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Catch That Perfect Baby Smile With Dimples Photo App
Running on iOS, Dimples uses facial recognition to spot that elusive moment when a child smiles, then snaps a series of photos allowing you to choose the best.
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‘Kung Fu Robot’ Interactive Graphic Novel Is a Kung Fun Blast
‘Kung Fu Robot’ is great as a graphic novel for young readers. What makes ‘Kung Fu Robot’ stand apart from the pack are the interactive features that pair the comic and app.
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GeekDad Is Giving Away a Yoga Book!!
We are giving away a brand new Yoga Book as part of a special promotion from Lenovo. Read on to find out how to win!
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‘Curly Bracket: The Hidden Code’ Teaches Kids to Think Like Coders
I’ve been wanting a book that I could recommend to youth that will help them to start thinking like a coder… and now I’ve got one.
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Try Some Augmented Reality Learning Toys For Your Kids With SwapBots
Check out this campaign for an affordable, amazing AR-based toy for immersive learning and play!
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Play-Doh in Virtual Reality – Touch “Shape to Life” Studio
The Play-Doh Touch “Shape to Life” Studio kit includes everything kids (or adults that are still kids at heart) need to take their Play-Doh creations into a virtual world on their smart device.
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‘Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the World’
‘Power Play’ by Asi Burak and Laura Parker features video game innovations that are being used to affect social good, physical well-being, and mental health.
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New ‘Scratch Challenge Workbook’ From DK
Last summer, my campers absolutely enjoyed working from some of DK’s workbooks related to Scratch programming, and now DK has a new Scratch workbook releasing.
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