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Canadian Toy Association: Hot Toys for Back to School 2015

Is play time on your child’s back to school schedule? 60 minutes of open ended play daily supports the development of skills that are critical for childhood development, but for many Canadian Children, back to school means back highly scheduled days. Providing opportunities for unstructured play will enhance and compliment the important skills kids learn in the classroom; STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math – based toys can support organic learning.   The Canadian Toy Association has assembled a list of the Top 10 Best Toys for Back-to-School. All of the Toys on this year’s

The New York Times: Moving Wikipedia From Computer to Many, Many Bookshelves

The Wikipedia  entry for “quixoticism” runs only about 255 words. But if anyone could argue for a personal mention, it might be Michael Mandiberg . For the past three years, he has been fully engaged in a project that might make even the most intrepid digital adventurer blush: transforming the English-language Wikipedia into an old-fashioned print reference set running to 7,600 volumes. Mr. Mandiberg, an interdisciplinary artist who teaches at the College of Staten

Publishers Weekly: Best of Both Worlds

The line between traditional and self-publishing is blurring, and this is good news for authors willing to seize a new opportunity. That is one of the major themes of this year’s uPublishU at BookExpo America, the indie publishing show held at New York City’s Javits Center on Saturday, May 30. Given the success of last year’s structure, this year’s show will follow the same mulitrack approach. It offers a schedule of workshops for three distinct self-publishing audiences: newbies publishing their first book, those focused on marketing and attracting readers, and more experienced authors

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