Do you and your kids have conversations about social media while pondering the next big startup and creating blogs, digital video, Etsy storefronts, pinboards on Polyvore and Pinterest, and tweeting and Facebooking up a storm? If so, I have THE conference for you— Digital Family Summit. Digital Family Summit is an interactive, hands-on conference for teen…
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Overheard in Our Home…
Just like a true digital native, Little Miss Techie has had her own e-mail account since she was born. Her e-mail has always been filtered through my account until a few days ago when Tech Savvy Daddy decided that composing e-mail would be a great way to encourage her developing writing skills. He set up…
Chronic Multitasker Ponders Effectiveness vs. Hinderance to Success
Two weeks after watching the culmination of months of research that became the film called Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier, I’m still thinking about some of the issues explored on the program such as the implications of spending 32 hours a week in front of television and computer screens. Digital Nation begins at…
PBS Frontline’s Digital Nation: Online Resources for Parents and Educators
Tonight Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier will air from 9 to 10:30 P.M. EST on PBS. The Digital Nation website has a wealth of tools to assist parents, teachers, and caregivers of digital natives which are designed to provide you with the “knowledge and skills for understanding, analzying, and participating in our technology-filled…
Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier Airs Tuesday, Feb. 2
Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from the way we learn and work to the ways in which we socialize and even conduct war. But is the technology moving faster than we can adapt to it? And is our 24/7 wired world…
According to CNN I’m Addicted to the Internet
Here’s a surprise, I may be addicted to the internet. According to a recent CNNHealth.com article called Why Moms Are At Risk for Internet Addiction, you may be at risk if your internet usage includes the following: -Being online while your family sleeps -Reading the news online -Using the internet to foster your real life…