About - DIY
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Source: About - DIY
Stashed in: Creativity, Children, Home Sweet Home!, DIY
Big props to these guys....
DIY is an online community for kids. We give kids tools to collect everything they make as they grow up and a place to share it.
We've all seen how kids can be like little MacGyvers. They're able to take anything apart, recycle what you've thrown away — or if they're Caine, build their own cardboard arcade. This is play, but it's also creativity and it's a valuable skill.
Our idea is to encourage it by giving kids a place online to show it off, so family, friends and grandparents can see it and easily respond. Recognition makes a kid feel great, and motivates them to keep going. We want them to keep making, and by doing so learn new skills, use technology constructively, begin a lifelong adventure of curiosity, and hopefully spend time offline, too.
8:03 PM Jul 22 2012