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PBS LearningMedia: fab, free resources for teaching learning
This Wednesday, I’m thrilled to celebrate a site rich with resources for teaching and learning. I’m thrilled to have a chance to hang out with great parents and educators. And I’m thrilled to provide...
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fab kids’ app: interactive books, music, & more (& iPad mini giveaway!)
I’ve looked at dozens and dozens and dozens of kids’ apps in recent months. Many? Kinda cool. A handful? Pretty rough around the edges. Some? Pretty darn fabulous and really, really well done. Most...
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our digital kids: teaching, supporting, and parenting 21st century learners
It’s no secret that we’re raising children in a totally different world than the one we knew as kids. Gone are the days of letting kids run as free birds ‘round the hood, playing with this friend and...
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texting as a learning tool: reading, spelling, composing
My kids think texting is so cool. They think cell phones are cool. They think cell phones are so cool that they still argue over who gets to have our old, battery-free cell phones that don’t even turn...
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helping kids use PowerPoint for presentations and serious learning fun
It’s Spring Fair time, Science Share time, Reader’s Tea, Poetry Share, and International Night time at schools all around the country. Kids are sharing their learning, and they’re learning about...
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how to use iPad notes for quick, fun interviews
We’ve been biting our nails over here, waiting for a new baby to come and slowly moving back into school mode after Spring Break. As Maddy, Owen, and Cora are becoming more and more comfortable with...
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learn about safe online browsing (and win an iPad mini)
I’m so excited to have been invited to be a panelist for a Twitter event this week that brings together digital and families and kids and online safety and wraps it up in one, big pretty package. It’s...
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how to be a blogstar: make your blog work for YOU eBook
Who doesn’t want to be a blog star? You love blogging and you want to do it right. You’ve heard about blogging and want to get started on the right foot, wasting no time at all. You just need a few...
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how to get your kids started with texting: texting 101
Texting is big. For tweens, it’s really big. It’s like the coolest thing ever. And everyone is doing it (or so they think), and so Maddy has asked for months and months and months to have her...
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digital and hand-drawn bookmarks: modern kid masterpieces
The Washington Post’s KidsPost is hosting a bookmark design contest for its Summer Book Club. So between shoving Cheerios and oj in their faces at breakfast on Tuesday, Maddy, Owen, and Cora decided...
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screen time cards for digital kids: easy tool for monitoring screen time
My digital kids have been using Game Time Cards for the last few years, and it’s been a huge, huge, HUGE help in keeping their screen time in check. Game Time Cards allowed us to put some of the...
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the Intel All-In-One PC: fab device for digital families (sponsored)
The Intel All-In-One PC (sometimes written as AIO PC) is so totally awesome, it’s barely believable. When I use it with the kids, I can hardly wrap my head around how advanced technology has...
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help tweens with speaking, sharing, and video reviews: kidzvuz
As a parent of a tween, I’m up for almost anything that will help her become better at speaking, thinking, and sharing her ideas and opinions. As an educator, I know that kids love more than anything...
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3 reasons you should create a family media agreement
Our family just signed our first Family Media Agreements. Yep. We’re a digital family in a digital age, and it’s about time we got all the important stuff out on the table. Signed it. In ink. Totally...
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3 reasons we are thankful for our Intel All-In-One PC (sponsored)
We are wholeheartedly thankful for many of the opportunities that writing this little bloggy-blog affords because it is truly a labor of love. For many, many years I wrote and wrote and wrote and...
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game design for kids: innovation and creativity with #intelAIO
My kids have long been interested in electronics and technology, but only recently have they been interested in trying their hand at game design. Right. As in my kids, 10, 8, and 6 years old,...
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using iPad apps to create
The following guest post is written by the amazing and incredible Susan Stephenson, of The Book Chook. Susan is my Australian friend who has tons of fab ideas on children’s literacy, learning, and...
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analog twitter wall to build relationships and digital citizenship
The following guest post is written by Drew Minock, of Two Guys and Some iPads and the Two Guys podcast. Drew knows his stuff. Check him out. I absolutely love this idea for so many reasons....
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virtual travel: kids can explore without leaving home
Springtime often means sunshine and warm breezes, park play dates and bike rides. But it also means rain boots and umbrellas. Long and lazy afternoons inside, waiting for April showers to end so...
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bing in the classroom: 3 reasons parents will love it
This post was created in partnership with Bing. It is so hard to imagine a time without the internet search. Any time there’s a question in our house, the kids run to the computer: Search it! Search...
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