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At OtterSwim Aquatic, we understand the importance of swimming for children's health, fitness, and overall well-being. That's why we provide the best swimming classes for kids, including swimming lessons for toddlers, infants, and young children. Our swimming school for toddlers is designed to provide a safe, clean, and warm indoor environment that makes it easier for newborns and children to learn the fundamentals of swimming.

A nice site for younger children where you will find games, interactive stories, songs, virtual art creators and more. Free registration is required. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

"a free public service to teach children to read with phonics" pointed out by Ken Bain (2012)

MyWeeHands' featured videos of American Sign Language (ASL) for caretakers and teachers of children

Childrens under 10 years draw their vision about Internet. Very interesting and creative work!

"Children today are growing up in a world of technology and communications. They have never experienced a world without the internet, with every part of their day consumed by mobile phones, websites, computer games, apps, Xbox, you name it. We took this thought and 'thought' it would be interesting to find out what their perception of the internet actually is, by way of scribble, drawing, or piece of art."

Virtual worlds can be valuable places where children rehearse what they will do in real life, reveals research.

The disparity indicates that the rise in arrests largely results from tighter enforcement rather than from an increase in the number of offenders, said David Finkelhor, director of the University of New Hampshire's Crimes Against Children Research Center, which conducted the study. Otherwise, he said, the rate of growth for the two groups would be more similar.

PR: KidsBeSafeOnline LLC and IROC2.org are dedicated to online child safety have come together to increase education and awareness of the dangers posed by the current trends in technology. They have joined forces to proactively educate children and parents regarding the consequences of sexting, sextcast

"special education, classroom, students, learning, children, preschool"

"special needs, learning, lessons, children, television, asperger's, interaction"

Digital divide deepening?

This is the fourth article in the series on Virtual Learning entitled VISUAL LEARNING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS. If you have a special needs child that has encountered finding educational solutions that provide successfully for your child, then you should read this article about what Visual Learning and the use of subtitled educational videos offers for special needs children of all ages. Read more...

A website that teaches children how to stay safe on the Web

"as we contemplate 2020, I'm certain that there won't be one model, one benchmark, one standard, one curriculum, or one teacher training program that ultimately helps us reach our educational goals. But I strongly believe that a decade from now we'll be able to look back and know that we made learning more interesting for each and every child in our country"

How to make learning interesting for everybody.

Bowdon pointed out "how poorly ... traditional news media cover issues pertaining to children" (¶1), and illustrated the problem with what was then a news-breaking case in point, 48 hours after sending his findings to "Google's press office" and getting no response (¶14). Not long after posting on his blog, perhaps less than 12 hours later, Bowdon got a response from Google; and less than a day after that, he received a follow-up clarification from Google, both of which he subsequently reflected on in updates at the foot of this post.

I love this site. Every maths and business studies teacher should be using it. Children can buy and manage virtual shares at the London stock Exchange and the site is linked to real prices. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

This PDF lists indications that children are involved in cyberbullying, either as victims or instigators. © 2009 Cyberbullying Research Center

In order to formulate a national strategy focusing on online child safety, policy makers need to consider a range of strategies.This document includes a number of key areas for consideration. These Guidelines have been prepared in the context of the Child Online Protection (COP) Initiative in order to establish the foundations for a safe and secure cyber world for future generations. They are meant to act as a blueprint which can be adapted and used in a way which is consistent with national or local customs and laws. Moreover, it will be appreciated that these guidelines address issues which might affect all children and young people under the age of 18 but each age group will have different needs.

Carol L. Tilley, a professor of library and information science at Illinois, says that comics are just as sophisticated as other forms of literature, and children benefit from reading them at least as much as they do from reading other types of books.