Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Thu, 31 May 2012 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100520/2313279517/dailydirt-thats-edutainment.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100520/2313279517/dailydirt-thats-edutainment.shtml

Educational apps are on every platform, but should parents really expect to pay more than couple bucks for a kid's app? Parents should also remember to make sure their kids can't rack up huge bills from in-app purchases. [url]

Experience points instead of grades sounds like an interesting idea, but a 4.0 grading scale is a much more established system -- and it's a bit more standardized. Prof Sheldon notes, "There will always be a portion of the class who will not be motivated to learn no matter what an instructor may try..." [url]

Can every class be taught as a video game? There are a bunch of startups like DimensionU that are going to find out soon enough. [url]

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