This is a sponsored post I’ve always said that not all screen time is the same. There’s a big difference between passive screen time where content is being consumed compared to interactive screen time that requires kids to interact with quality educational content. With kids’ screen time averaging more than four hours a day, parents…
6 Things MTV’s Catfish Teaches Us About Being Authentic Online #AuthenticME
This post is sponsored by Domain.ME When we talk about being authentic online, the individuals duping others into believing they’re people they not on MTV’s Catfish are anything but. catfish [kat-fish] verb: To pretend to be someone you’re not online by posting false information, such as someone else’s pictures, on social media sites usually with the…
5 Reasons Your Tween Will Love Rick Riordan’s The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle
Dubbed “Storyteller of the Gods” by Publishers Weekly, The Hidden Oracle is Rick Riordan’s latest book inspired by Greek mythology. Tweens who have already devoured Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus will enjoy The Hidden Oracle, the first book in the The Trials of Apollo series. About The Trials of Apollo After angering his father…
Internet Haves & Have Nots: How 4 Cable Companies Bridge the Digital Divide with Low-Cost Internet to Families
62 years ago on Tuesday, the Supreme Court declared that segregated schools are “inherently unequal” and unconstitutional in their ruling in Brown v. Board of Education and while it may seem that we have come a long way from schools that separated black students from white, there are still disparities in our education system and…
Women Who Innovate Tough: What Inspired This Female Scientist and Engineer to Pursue a Career in STEM #LearningThroughGorillaGlass
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass Over the past few years there has been a groundswell of activity when it comes to girls and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) due in part to President Obama’s Educate to Innovate campaign that launched in 2009. “One of the things that I really strongly believe in…
The Importance of Being Authentic Online (even if friends choose to believe only part of what you share) #AuthenticME
This post is sponsored by Domain.ME “Your trip to the Caribbean looked SO fabulous,” commented a friend on the set of photos I shared on my personal Facebook page during a January work trip to the Caribbean when the temperatures at home in Washington, D.C. were downright frigid. Traveling to St. Lucia and Grenada during one…
5 Ways to Empower Young Philanthropists to Champion Causes They’re Passionate About
As parents, we’ve listened to a fair share of our kids’ crazy ideas but what if you said yes more than you said no? A few years ago Emily had an idea that she was going to make and sell ribbon barrettes at our pool and raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). Less…
8 Reasons Why Acer’s Aspire Switch 10 E Makes a Great First Computer for Kids (w. giveaway)
This is a sponsored post Parents who are beginning to consider buying their child their first computer and are overwhelmed with the number of options on the market should consider the Acer Aspire Switch 10 E. This affordably priced machine is a combination tablet and laptop that features a detachable keyboard, runs Microsoft Windows 10…
Virtual Field Trip: Renewable Energy Lessons from Coral Reef & Mojave Desert (5/20, 1 pm ET) #NatureWorksEverywhere
This is a sponsored post written as part of a partnership between NatureWorksEverywhere.org and We Are Teachers Teachers know that kids learn best by making real world connections to concepts that they’re learning about in the classroom but as much as I believe in learning through experiences, the honest truth is that it can be almost impossible…
Orange is the New Black: New Season 4 Trailer #StreamTeam
With just 28 days left until the launch of the new season of Orange is the New Black, Netflix has released a brand new trailer. This preview hints that the newest season of Orange delves into the racial and economic tensions that we’ve seen in previous seasons. It appears that Litchfield is now overrun with new inmates and overseen by inexperienced guards, the prison…
