Evidence-based ideas to help kids communicate, connect, empathize, and read minds. Â© 2015 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved. Social skills activities put to the test. We want our children to succeed in the social world--to learn how to cooperate, make friends, and negotiate conflicts.
A light pen is a light-sensitive computer input pointing device shaped like a wand. It is connected to a visual display unit or CRT monitor and allows the user to modify data and text or make menu selections on the screen. Light pens became popular during the 1980s.
Detail of the tip of a gel pen. A gel pen uses ink in which pigment is suspended in a water-based gel. Because the ink is thick and opaque, it shows up more clearly on dark or slick surfaces than the typical inks used in ballpoint or felt tip pens. Gel pens can be used for many types of writing and illustration.