Tips for Parents Parenting Styles: 9 Tips for Dealing With Parents Who Judge You for Letting Your Kids Play Video Games Let's face it: parenting styles differ, and one place they collide is around the question…Linda BrenemanApril 2, 2015
Opinion Kahoot! Does the Impossible and Makes Testing Fun We’ve all been there; it’s a nightmare scenario: your teacher, threatening as a T. Rex, sweeping…Linda BrenemanFebruary 10, 2015
Feature [Interview] Randy Kulman, PhD, Founder of LearningWorks for Kids Dr. Randy Kulman is a scientist who understands the educational value of video games and…Linda BrenemanJanuary 5, 2015
News Hour of Code Can Teach Your Kids to Progam December 8 through 14 is Computer Science Education Week, and during this time schools, companies,…Nicole TannerDecember 8, 2014
Opinion Top 5 Smart Toys for 2014 Holiday Giving What’s a smart toy? It’s a toy that's made intelligent by electronics—like on-board computer chips, robotics, sensors, or speech…Linda BrenemanNovember 18, 2014
NewsTips for Parents Tablets in the Classroom: Friend or Foe? School districts across the nation are passing resolutions and funding to add tablets, such as…Nicole TannerNovember 7, 2014
News Pixelkin Visits GeekGirlCon 2014! [Video] Pixelkin had an amazing time at GeekGirlCon 2014! Between the panels, the vendors, the artist's…Simone de RochefortOctober 22, 2014
Reviews [Review] Project Spark Project Spark isn’t a video game. It’s an environment and an elaborate toolset for making…Linda BrenemanOctober 20, 2014
News [VIDEO] Teaching With Portals? You Bet. Josh Weier Explains How Portal Can Help Kids Learn. Do you know how to think with Portals? Valve, the makers of Portal and Portal…Simone de RochefortSeptember 19, 2014
Opinion Parents Who Hate On Technology in the Classroom Are Wrong Not long ago I spoke to a really angry mom at a business networking event.…Linda BrenemanSeptember 5, 2014
News The 8 Best Family-Gaming Panels We Attended at PAX The Pixelkin Staff spent the weekend at PAX Prime looking at games and attending panels…Editorial StaffSeptember 3, 2014
Opinion Are Games the New Sesame Street? The Survey Says…. Remember Sesame Street—just about the most successful media-based learning offering ever created? (And an extremely entertaining…Linda BrenemanJuly 23, 2014