July 21, 2009
Once upon a time (before coming to work at MakeUseOf), I was an English language teacher here in Germany. I still do it to a certain extent but I am not sure if one student a month really counts anymore. But from 2004-2007, I had up to 15 German students a week who would pay [...]
July 5, 2009
School can be one of the best things that ever happens in someone’s life. Or it can be the worst. There are always the teachers who think that their job is to make a student’s life miserable, the boring textbooks which are thicker than Harry Potter’s series, the never ending papers and assignments and pop [...]
June 29, 2009
For most of us, math is a red rag and kids are no different. Packed into a game however, Math can be fun and easy. And once motivation kicks in, ambition will follow and your kids may easily master even difficult exercises. Here are five cool free Internet games for kids that will get your [...]
April 2, 2009
One of the best ways to explain something computer-based is through a screencast. It’s easier to learn how to do something when you’re being shown where to move your mouse, where to click, and walks you through every step of a potentially complicated process. The only problem is that screencasts aren’t necessarily something everyone knows [...]
