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Develop Mental Focus with BrainCo at CES 2018

Being "in the zone" reflects that total mental focus and clarity that comes to people concentrating hard. For athletes and professionals, it can take years of practice and hard work. For us mere mortals, BrainCo offers a way to learn how to focus. How? Professor Don gets all brainy with Max. The idea behind BrainCo is to use their Focus

Ever Want To Learn How To Draw?

Being able to draw well is actually a learned skill, not a talent as many of us erroneously believe.

Magazines are iPads That Don’t Work

Watch the video below and let me know how you feel after watching it, but for the purposes of discussion, remember two things first. One, to avoid any pro- or anti-Apple bias, ignore the fact that it's an Apple iPad and assume that it's just a generic tablet. Two, take what the video shows at face value as one could easily make

Pocket Computers As Learning Devices

Normally I have very little interest in games. However, a friend got me to install an app on my iPod called “Words With Friends,” an iOS/Android cross-platform app that allows games between people and utilizes push notification to let you know when it’s your turn to play. This allows for asynchronous play in spare moments. That caused me to start

EduFire says it can help students learn and teachers make extra money

A couple years ago, I talked with a friend who was a teacher. We put together an idea for a website to help teach. It never made it off the planning stages, but I knew something would eventually come along. It's hailed as the "eBay for teachers".  EduFire is a site that has been around for a year and has