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""We were seven brothers -- seven soldiers," says 91-year old Chikara "Don" Oka, a World War II veteran now living in a retirement home in Los Angeles. "Five of us for the United States and two against us because they were stranded in Japan" when the war came. They're all American citizens born here in the United States."

"Stanford University is offering the iOS 5 edition of its well-regarded iPhone and iPad application development course free on iTunes U. "

"Upon reading recent news stories about how Facebook tracks almost everywhere he goes on the Internet, Jim Kress grew outraged. Consumers are increasingly taking online privacy into their own hands. The consultant from Northville, Mich., subsequently learned Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Adobe and many other companies also exhaustively track his online activities. "I was very unnerved to discover the extent of all the other tracking that was done by nearly every site on the Web," he says."

"They text (and text and text). They have hundreds of "friends" they've never actually met. They game for hours. How to keep your kids safe and healthy in a hyper-connected world. "

C-Span is hosting a documentary video creation contest for middle school and high school students. The contest is open to middle school and high school students. To enter, students need to create a documentary video 5-8 minutes long about an issue, event, or topic that has helped them understand the role of the federal government in their lives. The prizes for the winners of the contest range from $250 to $5,000 for students and $125 to $1000 for the students' schools.

"Wolfram Alpha is on a mission to develop an "app for every course." The company launched its first three subject-specific iPhone apps on Tuesday, and all three - Algebra, Calculus, and Music Theory - look to be promising educational tools"

"What is a techno-tale? A techno-tale is a digitally told story"

"Get the colored pencils and construction paper ready. Kids in the U.S. now have a chance to design Google's famous homepage logo and win a scholarship, as well as a technology grant for their school. Google (Google) announced today that it's launching the fourth annual Doodle 4 Google contest with the theme "What I'd like to do someday…" The contest is open to K-12 students in the U.S."

"The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations."

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review of 5 games about the periodic table

""When people learn to play videogames," according to James Paul Gee, "they are learning a new literacy." "

"Stand Up for Girls on September 22, the International Day of the Girl Two thirds of all the world's illiterate people are women. On September 22, we will stand up for girls and their right to go to school and to learn to read and write. Let us join together to launch a campaign to advocate for a transformative new era in girls' education."

"Essential questions for teaching September 11 Editor's note: This post is by Joan Brodsky Schur, an education consultant and participant in the August 3 opening panel discussion for September 11: Teaching Contemporary History, the museum's online conference for K-12 educators about September 11."