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Joshua Glenn and Elizabeth Foy Larsen are the co-authors and co-editors of UNBORED (Bloomsbury, 2012) and UNBORED GAMES (Bloomsbury, October 2014).

Joined May 2012
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So saddened to learn of the passing of Jerry Lewis, a true comic icon. In Boston 1947 I roared at his and Dean's first ever performance
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My thermostat just told me there will be a solar eclipse... Your move toaster.
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Hired my daughter to preset my aluminum hardware. Each bin earns her a session of us playing Mincraft together. I made out ahead! @adafruit
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“How ‘Gravity Falls’ can help you teach your kids basics of cryptography” by @tustanowskik medium.freecodecamp.org/how-…
How “Gravity Falls” can help you teach your kids basics of cryptography

How “Gravity Falls” can help you teach your kids basics of cryptography

By Kamil Tustanowski It’s Wednesday evening. My two sons and daughter are ready. I press play and we start a journey that takes us all farther than we ever anticipated. We watched the first episode...

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uncle lando said my helmet made me look like a depressed lampshade and then everyone laughed and high-fived him i hate this family so much
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Board games have raised $196m on Kickstarter, more than video games: fivethirtyeight.com/features… Higher success rate, too. – at Pittsburgh, PA
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In a gathering @LEGOfoundation"We must shift the societal narrative that play & learning are 2 different things..they are not -Carla Rinaldi
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"Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy." Darth Vader for President spotted by MassiveCoiler
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A Brief History of Cootie Catchers — bit.ly/1TO4HLG
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@AMatthiesen Oh -- I now realize she is simply post-book. She decided to read the project online. boingboing.net/2012/11/05/un… #kidsthesedays

Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun -- exclusive excerpt: "Remote-Controlled Water...

Illustration by Mister Reusch The following project is excerpted from Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun, by Joshua Glenn and Elizabeth Foy Larsen, designed by Tony Leone, published…

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'Super Mario Brothers' Was Designed on Graph Paper popularmechanics.com/culture…
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Can't wait to dig into this on the weekend @HILOBROW
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NEW! Two kids' activity kits from the UNBORED team (inc. HiLo's JG). Created in cahoots with @MindWareToys. RT! hilobrow.com/?p=83106
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Hey @UnboredGuide we're planning to make great use of Unbored Games over the summer.
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Replying to @UnboredGuide
@UnboredGuide This just happened: my daughter announced that she lost The Game.I've never been prouder... #unbored #mykidsrock
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DIY Dad & Mom: Raise Your Kid to Be a Tinkerer with Cool Home Projects makeuseof.com/tag/diy-dad-mo… via @guymcdowell

DIY Dad & Mom: Raise Your Kid to Be a Tinkerer with Cool Home Projects

Do you and your kids tinker together? If not, start today. Teach them to create things and you teach them to take control of their world.

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Apple Watch: A Tool or a Distraction for the Geeky Parent? bit.ly/1O2NSq8
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Meet the Exhibitors (Our NuVu Students!) in the 2015 White House Science Fair | The White House: wh.gov/iWPjP @whitehouse
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“Are games ready for primetime in our nation’s classrooms?” - @mlevine_jgcc sets the stage for our talk on @sharemylesson #gbl #edtech
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Replying to @instituteofplay
@instituteofplay uses 7 learning principles for creating games for the classroom. @CooneyCenter
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