Kids

Academic Software Discounts

March 9, 2004

Students, schools, and teachers often qualify for significant education discounts on popular software programs. Microsoft explains their academic discount program here. Two online stores that offer educational discounts are JourneyEd and Creation Engine.

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Scholarship Scams

February 3, 2004

Although many legitimate college scholarships exist, the FTC warns students and parents not to fall for any of these six scams. “The scholarship is guaranteed or your money back.” “You can’t get this information anywhere else.” “I just need your credit card or bank account number to hold this scholarship.” “We’ll do all the work.” [...]

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Educational Newsletters

October 14, 2003

Email newsletters are a convenient way to keep up with what’s happening online. My favorite educational newsletters are Blue Web’n , Encarta Highlights and, of course, the weekly Surfnetkids newsletter I publish.

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Iron On T-Shirt Transfers

May 6, 2003

If you have an ink-jet printer, you can create one-of-a-kind t-shirts with iron-on transfers, which cost about $11 for a package of six sheets. You can use any graphics software to make your design, but Hanes offers a free software download just for t-shirt design called Hanes T-Shirt Maker Lite.

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