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Giving a kid their very own first computer is one of the greatest feelings I can imagine. However, insuring that said recipient will use that computer productively is another whole line of code. Every machine we place is Linux-powered so that kid has an advantage from the beginning. How do we compete with the likes of Facebook and Instagram? Snapchat and Twitter? We've learned how to make STEM topics fun. Here's how we did it.

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Good to see you, Ken. I was actually thinking about you this evening, and thinking about your Reglue Kids.

To a broader audience: if someone you know wants to learn more about a STEM topic, it'll never hurt to pass a link to http://www.khanacademy.org/
@jdixon That's my favorite! Some amazing material there.
Nothing against MIT, but Khan Academy's target audience goes far broader than university-level.

Then again, sometimes clear thinking is a natural talent. When my nephew was learning numbers in pre-school, I asked him how many fingers I have. His answer was simply, "All of them." In those 3 words, he out-smarted every adult in the room.

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