Embarking on Math Adventures With ‘Moebius Noodles’
‘Moebius Noodles’ is a book written to help parents create rich environments for their children to experience, learn, and enjoy math through play.
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‘CODEGIRL’ Documentary to Stream for Free on YouTube Nov. 1st-5th
Lesley Chilcott’s new documentary ‘CODEGIRL’ follows teams of girls from around the world as they compete in the Technovation Challenge, an international competition designed to empower girls and close the technology gender gap.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates to Write Marvel Comics’ New ‘Black Panther’ Series
‘New York Times’ best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates will team up with legendary artist Brian Stelfreeze to create a new ‘Black Panther’ series for Marvel Comics.
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Learn/Teach HTML and CSS With Mozilla’s Thimble
This week, Mozilla relaunched Thimble, a visual HTML editor that lets you edit HTML in the browser, preview the page, and make changes in real time.
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My 5-Year-Old Wants His Own iPad
The other day, my 5-year-old said “Papi, so I was thinking. Maybe I could have my own iPad.” I stopped myself short of laughing in his face. My response was “tienes dinero para comprar un iPad?”
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Preparing My Children for the Next Ferguson, Baltimore, McKinney, or Charleston
In the past three months, Baltimore, McKinney, and Charleston have all demonstrated how far we still have to go as a society. How do I prepare my children to live in that society?
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Review: ‘Thinkrolls 2’ by Avokiddo
‘Thinkrolls 2,’ the latest mobile app from Avokiddo, teaches kids patience and problem-solving skills in a fun, cute, and engaging way.
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Clearing Up Common Core Confusion
The mention of “Common Core” anything will often generate very strong feelings among parents, educators, and lawmakers. However, many people on both sides of the argument are misinformed about what Common Core is and what it is not.
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Five African-American Geeks Who Made History
With African-American History Month coming to an end, GeekDad would like to highlight five African-American geeks that have made enormous contributions to society.
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Helping Kids Hack the Future: GeekDad Interviews Shawn Scott
People often become geeks because of their parents or mentors. Tony Stark would never have become Iron Man without his father, Howard Stark. Shawn Scott is super geek and super dad working to develop the next generation of geeks all across the United States.
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Build Your Own Android Apps With MIT App Inventor
App Inventor is a blocks-based programming language similar to Scratch that allows you to create simple apps for Android phones and tablets. It’s great for me as a hobby, and hopefully will help me introduce my kids to programming when they’re ready.
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Raising a Bilingual Geek
I fell in love with Spanish at a very young age, and became fluent by the time I graduated from high school. I want to pass on this gift of bilingualism to my son, while also setting him rightly on the path to geekhood.
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