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Webkinz and Maps

Jul 14th, 2008 | By

I played Webkinz all weekend with my nephew. It’s a cute stuffed toy with a code to enter a virtual environment with tons of interactive games. Many schools use Webkinz as an educational tool or as a reward for good behavior. Gantz, the makers of Webkinz list the reasons why virtual world is educational but [...]

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Free Comic Book Day

May 3rd, 2008 | By

Sometimes it is important to remember that we aren’t just geogeeks, we aren’t just tech geeks, darn it, we are geeks. On that note, I just wanted to point out that today, and every first Saturday in May, is Free Comic Book Day. On this day we head out to our local Comic Book store [...]

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