Category Archives: Tech

Search Engines and Judgement

I thought it was really interesting that my 5 year old son Aidan, has been asking me to type in “Awesome Star Wars Poster” and other similar search phrases when we use Google Images to search for coloring pages and … Continue reading

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Latest Article on Setting Tech Limits With Kids

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Social Media and Blogging

It’s getting complicated!  Now that I am using Twitter, Google+, and FaceBook and have work and home identities, I want to be able to automatically share new blog entries (I have work and home blogs too) without duplicating too much.  … Continue reading

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Mixing Blocks

I tend to be on the neat (read OCD) side and I will, many times, ask my son to clean up one set of toys before starting a new one.  I have seen, in the past, that he will often … Continue reading

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School IT in the Dark Ages?

I went to a meeting of local school IT managers last week and some of them appear to be in the dark ages.  They talked about blocking Google Docs because a teacher could possibly post kid’s contact info there.   “We … Continue reading

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