Entries by Jennifer

Brazil’s Best Beaches

It is not as if you need another reason to visit Brazil, but if you do – how about checking out some of their top beaches? Thanks to Telegraph, here is a gallery of Brazil’s 10 best beaches, because – why not? Baia do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha Baia do Sancho is frequently named among Brazil’s […]

The Use of Mathematics in Everyday Life

Even those suffering from math-related anxieties or phobias cannot escape its everyday presence in their lives. From home to school to work and places in-between, math is everywhere. Whether using measurements in a recipe, or deciding if half a tank of gas will make the destination, we all use math. It is a good idea, […]

29 Things You Didn’t Know About Train Travel In Europe

Did you know that… 1) There’s a Paddington Bear statue to be found in London’s Paddington Station. 2) Across the road from Gare Montparnasse you can skyrocket up to the 59th floor for the best view of Paris as the sun sets behind the Eiffel Tower. 3) There’s an underground city beneath the station at Bremen […]

Road Tripper – Your Key To Optimizing Your Sales Activity

In today’s increasingly competitive market, attending to your customers’ needs consistently is crucial to any sales activity. Besides providing clients with your products and services, serving them where they work and live can be a challenge – particularly when serving new regions of a city, new cities, and new countries. Determining where your customers are […]

Educational Apps to Keep Your Child Interested

According to the Children’s Hospital of Colorado, the average attention span that preschoolers need to succeed in school, especially when they reach kindergarten, is fifteen minutes. Growing and developing that attention span can take some practice. Often, children under the age of four lack the emotional skills to be able to concentrate on any specific […]

At What Age Can Kids Use an iPad?

In an age when technology is everywhere you look, it’s not surprising that even young children are getting in on the action. The iPad was released in 2010 and as of June 2012, 84 million have been sold, according to CNET. This tablet computer from Apple has a large, multi-touch screen that kids can play […]

Kids and iPads: The Pros and Cons

Question: “My toddler has discovered my iPad, and now she loves playing with it. Should I feel guilty about letting her use it? Or are there benefits of iPads for toddlers?” Read More

Importance of Technology in Education

“What time is it?” I ask my 7 year old niece. In response, she immediately picks up her iPad, and says, “3:15 pm.” I smile, because I know what’s coming next. “Want to play a game with me?” she excitedly asks, knowing that yes, of course I do! She unlocks the iPad, scrolls through the […]

Using Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom

Do you see the use of specific things like computers as part of an early childhood curriculum as being powerful enough to change brain development the same way you’ve just described television? Dr. Perry: Absolutely. I think the difference between computers and television is that television tends to be quite passive. You sit and you are […]