Hello,
Welcome to the snowy season! As we make our way through the shortest days and coldest nights of the school year, I hope your children nevertheless are staying active, progressing in their learning, and expanding their minds every day.
Of course, when you want to learn something, there is no replacement for personal human assistance — that's what we at Foundation for Learning are here to offer! But great accomplishments can be spurred on when the right tools and resources are close at hand. With that in mind, we hope you find some useful advice in our feature article for February, "Online Homework Help for your Student."
Just for some fun, check out our February Puzzler, "Wait! Why Did We Use That?" Technology has advanced, and devices have come and gone. It's sometimes hard to remember why we had suitcase-sized video cameras perched on our shoulders, or why we wanted to print giant stacks of paper from a fax machine. But what about the pocket devices of yesteryear? Do you even recognize those old devises anymore? Also, we have the somewhat whimsical answers to the January Puzzler, "Rewind It" which began our theme of explaining old tech to young people. Enjoy!
Finally, please remember that whatever your educational needs, Foundation for Learning is ready to assist you with caring, one-on-one, individualized tutoring, SAT/ACT test prep, and educational evaluations. Please don't hesitate to give us a call at 973-425-1774 for a free consultation.
Best regards,
Betty
Betty Bodenweiser
Director
Foundation for Learning
Welcome to the snowy season! As we make our way through the shortest days and coldest nights of the school year, I hope your children nevertheless are staying active, progressing in their learning, and expanding their minds every day.
Of course, when you want to learn something, there is no replacement for personal human assistance — that's what we at Foundation for Learning are here to offer! But great accomplishments can be spurred on when the right tools and resources are close at hand. With that in mind, we hope you find some useful advice in our feature article for February, "Online Homework Help for your Student."
Just for some fun, check out our February Puzzler, "Wait! Why Did We Use That?" Technology has advanced, and devices have come and gone. It's sometimes hard to remember why we had suitcase-sized video cameras perched on our shoulders, or why we wanted to print giant stacks of paper from a fax machine. But what about the pocket devices of yesteryear? Do you even recognize those old devises anymore? Also, we have the somewhat whimsical answers to the January Puzzler, "Rewind It" which began our theme of explaining old tech to young people. Enjoy!
Finally, please remember that whatever your educational needs, Foundation for Learning is ready to assist you with caring, one-on-one, individualized tutoring, SAT/ACT test prep, and educational evaluations. Please don't hesitate to give us a call at 973-425-1774 for a free consultation.
Best regards,
Betty
Betty Bodenweiser
Director
Foundation for Learning
Currently many high school juniors take both the SAT and ACT to determine which test is better for them. We usually feel it is beneficial for the students to focus on only one test. In order to accomplish this, we administer a complimentary SAT/ACT diagnostic test to help students determine which test is better suited to their abilities.
1. Code Academy: For budding programmers, or anyone else who wants to pick up some important skills, Code Academy is a great way to learn, create, and share computer code with like-minded folks. Create an account, sign up and learn to code interactively, for free. 
2. Jelly: With its tagline “Let’s help each other,” Jelly lets you ask questions, share your own expertise, search with photos, maps, friends and more. Jelly uses visual imagery to steer people to getting better answers from within and outside their social networks. In particular, it encourages people to use photos to ask questions. 
3. Minecraft: This open-world, “sandbox-style” creative game lets kids play, build, and share no matter what their skill levels. Minecraft enables players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D world. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat. Multiple game play modes are available, including survival mode where the player must acquire resources to build the world and maintain health, a creative mode where players have unlimited resources to use when building and the ability to fly, an adventure mode where players play custom maps created by other players and a spectator mode. 
4. Outpour: This app encourages users to share positive comments, letting people anonymously and publicly share messages of gratitude about each other. Recommended for ages 13+ 
6. Path: A maximum of 150 connections is all that’s allowed on this social media app that encourages users to share more selectively with “high-quality” friends and encourages people to contribute at any time. 
7. Vyclone: This video-collaboration tool is ideal for school projects because it lets kids work together on a single video. Vyclone lets users capture about a minute of video at the same time. If multiple people film the same event at the same location, Vyclone automatically edits those videos together to create an edited, multi-camera short documentary of your event. 
8. WordPress: Kids who enjoy writing can’t get much better than this classy, easy-to-use blogging app that lets them write from their phones. 
9. Yoursphere: A solid, safety-minded social-networking app for tweens and teens with a friendly, creative vibe. Yoursphere is a global community that allows anyone to create & connect. You can join spheres centered around the things you like (fashion, animals and pets, sports, performing arts, movies, TV, books, travel, charitable causes, art and photography, food, and health and fitness) or make your own. 
