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Fire up your printer for these amazing free Women in STEM posters

You’re going to want to stock up on printer ink and rev up your printers for these amazing and totally free Women in STEM posters from the Nevertheless podcast, which tells stories of women who are transforming teaching and learning through technology (which...

This cool artwork helps support Girls Who Code. Score!

by Kristen Chase | Art + Decor

We’re big fans of Girls Who Code, so when we heard about this awesome artwork over on Dormify.com that gives a portion of the sales to support them, we were all over it. Related: Here’s how to get girls excited about STEM This 9-piece collection of artwork...

10 awesome girl power phone cases for International Women’s Day….and every day

by Liz Gumbinner | Cell Phone Accessories

Considering it’s International Women’s Day today, and Women’s History month for the next three weeks, there are certainly a lot of phone cases out there to honor women through history we admire. But I think there’s something kind of special...

7 cool ways Crayola is going STEM in 2018.

by Ellyn Exley Dvorkin | Tech Toys and Random Fun

We’re always excited to see what new and exciting goodies Crayola is launching, which is why they’re one of our first stops at Toy Fair every year. And lucky us, we got a sneak peek their brand new and upcoming releases to share with you, lots of which...

Web coolness: Custom emoji are coming, moms defending screentime, incredible tech-created artwork and more.

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Hooray! Custom emoji are coming – and hopefully we’ll get to use of these feminist emojis too. (That PMS cramps emoji is kind of genius.) Free Apple...

These rad prints celebrate badass women in STEM through art. Yeah, we said badass.

by Kristen Chase | Art + Decor

We are pretty freaking thrilled that women in STEM are getting much-deserved attention finally, from fantastic story books to card games, and yes, amazing Oscar-nominated movies. Now add these amazing art prints for a cause to the ever-growing list. Related: The...

NES nerds, this chart’s for you.

by Kristen Chase | Art + Decor

If you were hoping to gift that amazing mini NES Classic Edition that everyone’s drooling over and won’t get it in time for the holidays, here’s a fun idea: wrap this super cool Nebula of NES Games poster as preview of what’s to come in a few...

Manga madness! The outrageous new animé laptop sleeves from Tokidoki and Ju-Ju-Be

by Kate Etue | Laptop + Tablet Cases

As moms who sometimes want options beyond floral designs or mod prints on our baby gear, we loved the awesome anime-inspired diaper bag collaboration between Ju-Ju-Be and Tokidoki. So when we found out that they’re launching a new collection of tech bags —...

3 cool art tech toys that take your kids’ drawing to a new level

by Kate Etue | Games + Gaming

Lately we’ve seen some really cool tech innovations that are inspiring the little artists in our house. While we’re still big fans of crayons and paper around here as our go-to art supply, I love how that their creativity can carry over into screen time,...

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