We’re gearing up to go back to school in our house. Little Miss Techie and Captain Computer will start school after Labor Day and next week I’ll be returning to work as a Technology Magnet Coordinator in a school. So as thoughts of the pool and summer start to fade away to be replaced by…
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Websites of the Week: Summer 2008 Beijing Olympics
The beginning of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing is upon us. To commemorate the start of the games, I’ve compiled a list of the best Olympic themed sites as this week’s Websites of the Week. My selections educate about past Olympic history through animated movies or factual text, provide links to age appropriate crafts…
July Perfect Post Award: Looking for Balance by Greeblemonkey
This month I’m honoring Aimee Greeblemonkey at Greeblemonkey with the July Perfect Post Award. Aimee is a fellow Being Savvy City Editor who I recently had the pleasure of literally running into at BlogHer. She has her own blog, writes for Denver Mile High Mamas, works full time, is a wife, and is also a…
Happy Birthday Captain Computer!
Now you are two. I have no idea how the last two years passed so quickly but they did. You fill our lives with joy with your winning smile, devilish ways, and boundless energy. Your love for the hose, Home Depot, home improvement projects, and any construction vehicle/fire truck never cease to amaze me. I…
Tech Savvy Mama’s Birthday Giveaway
UPDATED: Congratulations to Schick Quattro razor winners Kim, Dana, and Sasha! Little Miss Techie, Captain Computer, and I have been spending a lot of time at the pool these days. In the summer it is like our second home. With all the skin that is shown at the pool, one of my summer essentials is…
June Perfect Post Award: All My Favorite Things by WhyMommy
This month I’m honoring WhyMommy at Toddler Planet with the June Perfect Post Award. WhyMommy amazes me. She’s an incredibly brilliant working mother who took her experience fighting inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) over the past year and used it to start a site called Mothers with Cancer, a website and group blog to help all…
New York Times: Supporting your child’s development with technology
What is the right age to for children to have a cell phone, computer, or an iPod? How old does your kid need to be before they should be allowed to have My Space and Facebook type social networking sites and Twitter? These are the new questions of the digital age. Super psychologist Jean Piaget’s…
Websites of the Week: One Family’s Favorite Websites by Jessica
This week’s Websites of the Week are courtesy of DC Metro Area Jessica from A Parent in Silver Spring. Now that my oldest has reached the ripe old age of 4, he has been clamoring for computer time, just like mom and dad. Thanks to Tech Savvy Mama’s sage advice, we know to set the…
Website of the Week for the Sports Enthusiast in Your Life: Gold Medal Impressions
UPDATED: Congratulations to Caroline from Smarty Pants Mama! She’s our lucky winner and will be sent Paul O’Neil’s Last Homerun as selected by her husband. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! Are you a Tech Savvy Mama with a Sports Loving Daddy in your life? If so, enter to win this sports…
My New Gig: Being Savvy City Expert for Washington DC!
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I wrote that I’ve been blogging liked I’ve never blogged before. And if you follow Tech Savvy Mama via e-mail, feed, or by clicking, I am sure you were confused because obviously I haven’t been blogging up a storm here. So where have I…
