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Friday, July 24, 2009
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DreamBox Succeeds At Tricking Kids Into Learning Math

10:40AM AJ Glasser | Seven months ago, DreamBox Learning launched its math-based edutainment site for kids between kindergarten and second grade. Today, it’s making virtual headlines with success stories. More »
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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DreamBox Tricks Kids Into Learning Math

11:40AM AJ Glasser | I have to hand it to this little web start-up company: it’s a gutsy strategy to deceive schoolchildren with a game called “DreamBox Learning K-2 Math.” I’d have thought Math Blaster was subtler edutainment. More »
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

LittleBigPlanet Can Do Your Math Homework

6:00PM Kotaku US Edition | Ever since the beta for Littlebigplanet hit, we’ve seen numerous level designs, some good, some not so good. From classic Mario remakes to re-imagining of the humongous spectacles found in Shadow of the Colossus. Heck, even Tristan is a game designer in the making. But simply from an engineering standpoint, I think this is by far and away the best yet. A user created a real-time working calculator that accurately adds and subtracts numbers. The levels is said to use 610 magnetic swtiches, 500 wires, and 430 pistons. I didn’t see what the big deal was until the camera panned up. That’s when my mouth hit the floor. More »
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