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What better way to celebrate the next batch of competitors for the Scripps National Spelling Bee than with mobile applications and games designed to prepare Elementary to Middle School students for spelling quizzes and tests? These apps (most vetted by educational experts) can help students spell, expand their vocabularies and use words in the correct context. Continue Reading →

As a leader, it’s important to position your professional identity for success in 2014. This checklist is designed to help you make the most of your public professional identity. 1. Readdress “who you are” now. While it’s tempting to use the same personal “about me” paragraph that you’ve had for years, take a step back Continue Reading →

I write about video games on here a lot, but I spend way more time watching TV (and movies) than I do playing games. A list like this isn’t necessarily “tech-y,” but if you’re looking for a TV series (or two, or three, or ten) to catch up on during the next few slow winter Continue Reading →

What if your home caught on fire? Assuming that you, your family and your beloved pets were able to get out safely, what would you grieve for the most? A fire can destroy every possession in your home, leaving little to nothing of any salvageable value. Even if you have a good homeowner’s insurance policy, Continue Reading →

When you’re fresh out of college and diving into the career path of your dreams, it can be easy to get caught up in working long hours and even easier to give up the parts of your life that make you happy and keep you balanced. If you find yourself doing this, don’t worry! There Continue Reading →

One of the keys to a successful presentation is communicating ideas and information in a steady manner. These five mobile apps help students with organization, brainstorming and the delivery of speech or project presentation. Explain Everything™ (iPad, iPhone, Android Tablet) Explain Everything teaches students to better communicate ideas. Students will think more critically when they have to Continue Reading →

Certain animal species experience a phenomenon called imprinting; for example, upon coming out of their eggs, ducklings will follow and become attached to the first moving object that they encounter. Imprinting is a powerful combination of instinctive behavior and environmental influences. In humans, psychologists refer to this as bonding. In common every day experiences, you Continue Reading →

I love year-end lists! It’s my favorite thing about turning over the calendar. Here are my picks for the best iOS games on iPhone and iPad of 2013. Ridiculous Fishing ($2.99 for both the iPhone and iPad version) Ridiculous Fishing is my vote for Best iOS Game of the Year. A ridiculously (no pun intended?) simple Continue Reading →

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors. –Stephen Jay Gould, Ever Since Darwin I no longer read business books. Been there, done that for too many years. Stimulation comes from reading many other sources. My current obsession Continue Reading →

As 2013 comes to an end, it’s crucial we look back at the greatest lessons from the news the past 12 months. How else can we expect to improve in 2014? Below are short recaps from 21 News To Live By columns in 2013. In every piece, we found the career advice “hidden” inside the Continue Reading →