We interrupt this gender & race media series to bring you a NEWS FLASH from Danica McKellar and crew. Calling all tweens and middle school mathletes! As the author of Math Doesn’t Suck, Danica is blogging this week at her publisher’s site (Penguin Group, USA) and willing to take your questions by pinging her in the comment section! With pre-algebra and … [Read more...]
If Danica McKellar can ‘sexy up math’ then maybe we need to send her into the science realm to get kids jazzed about starpower beyond Hollywood! Google Earth just launched Google Sky this week, (demo here) an amazing virtual observatory that can reveal cosmic events as they unfold throughout the universe. "There’s a huge need to get more young people … [Read more...]
It’s ironic that in our youth media culture of “totally wired” teens, eco-enthusiasts haven’t mowed a green path uniting kids’ environmental zealousness with greener gear. The TechSoup blog posts this great new online tool and forum thread which is ultra timely for me, since my laptop LCD screen just fried, and I’m temporarily hooked up to … [Read more...]
By now you’ve all heard the news about Disney’s record-breaking eyeballs racking up 17.2 million viewers for the premiere of the official HSM2, (hit sequel to last year’s High School Musical phenom which hit #1 on album charts, broke the Guinness World Record for the most successful songs from a single soundtrack, received six Emmy nominations, and spread to … [Read more...]
Two big premieres lit up the town tonight in Los Angeles, but with tween in tow, I’ll bet you can guess which one got 'first viewing' here. I’ll post about High School Musical2’s integration of the audience via digital engagement later, but immediately want to put out an 'opening weekend' plea for all of our N.Y./L.A. readers to go see Leonardo DiCaprio's … [Read more...]
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