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Space for Kids! ESA Kids features space news, information, games, animations and downloads for kids aged between 6 and 12. Kids will find colouring books, puzzles, quizzes, art galleries and downloads, as well as the latest space news.

It's good to be a kid these days. Or rather, it's better to be a teenager now than it was 30 years ago. That's the essential argument made in an infographic from Besteducationdegrees.com. Today's teens make more money in their crummy jobs, enjoy PlayStation instead of Coleco Vision, and have cell phones on which they listen to their music.

That's a very nice infographic. How can we use it in the classroom?

In a nutshell, Splaype is a new desktop application plugged into Skype that helps solve the problem of keeping your kids engaged during video-conferences with long-distance family members. It adds age-appropriate video-conferencing content and games such as reading e-books or playing tic-tac-toe to facilitate communication between family and friends. The folks at Splaype had it specially designed for children and grandparents, so it's an intuitive and easy-to-use system. What's more, it's free.

April 08, 2009 By Jennifer Williamson , Distance-Education.org Columnist | Home-schooling your kids? Check out these free online resources for parents and kids of all ages-including lesson plans, activities, educational online games, test prep, online high schools, forums and support groups.