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86Nine Computer Skills Your Child Should Have By High School
Many schools have computers but don't teach kids about the technology. Sure, they let the kids pop in CD that reinforces phonics or reading or math, which is great. However, kids, even at elementary-school ages, need to start learning more than how to insert a CD or type in a Web address and play a game.
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82Typing for Children
The ability to touch type or keyboarding is an incredible useful skill for anyone who uses a computer. Being able to touch type is going to really important for your child too, who is just beginning a lifetime of computing. If you use a computer, you use the keyboard all the time, even for mundane things like entering Web addresses. The better your keyboarding is, you can perform many computer tasks faster and that matters.
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81Acer Aspire 5315 - Great laptop for kids or home office
If you are buying a computer for your student or the home office, the Acer Aspire 5315 laptop is a terrifc value. I helped a friend to buy one for his daughter and I really pushed him to this one, which he...
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73Is an Acer Aspire One a good laptop for my child?
If you are a parent looking to buy your child a laptop, you might have seen the newest mini-laptops, called netbooks. These laptop computers generally have a screen of 10 inches or less (smaller in area than...
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90Children Can Excel, or Teaching Spreadsheets to Kids
Why in the world should a child learn to use a spreadsheet? Why should they learn to use calculators? Or a phone? Or a fork and knife (OK, that's my son's argument.) We use tools to make life easier. The...
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