Kindergartener and first graders spend all day busy learning skills that are built upon in upper grades. The best holiday gifts allow them to learn and practice the things they’re learning in a fun hands-on way. Here are my picks for the best gifts I’d give to a 5 or 6 year old. GIVEAWAY: LeapPad ($99.99)—…
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2011 Holiday Gift Guides & Tech Toy Wish List Tips
What are the most sought after tech items for everyone on your list this holiday season? I’ll help you wade through this season’s selections in this year’s holiday gift guides! With 5 guides arranged by age group, I’ll have my favorite age appropriate picks for preschoolers, kindergartners and first graders, grades 2-3, tweens, and…
AMD Tech Moms Visit Austin: Inside Look at Graphics and Video Processing For Consumers and Producers
I recently had the opportunity to go back to Austin for some time with AMD as one of the AMD Tech Moms. Between enjoying delicious food and lusting over amazing cowboy boots, there was a lot of learning in an intimate environment that allowed me to get to know more about AMD’s video and graphics…
Review: Sony Vaio Y Series with AMD Fusion Technology
Netbooks are a great idea, but I’ve found that sometimes the screens are just too small to run certain programs. Sony’s Vaio Y series laptops fit the person who is looking for a ultra-light PC at an affordable price but needs the speed of an AMD Fusion Technology. The Vaio YB series laptop provides a…
2011 Holiday Toy Favorites from Time to Play Holiday Showcase
Last week Time to Play Magazine shared the hot toys for 2011 at a New York City press event where they unveiled the year’s Most Wanted List. Here’s video from the event where professional toy testers Jim Silver, Chris Byrne, and Shannon Eis share their 19 picks. Besides the 19 hot toys of the year, there were 40…
Possible Answers To America’s Educational Leadership Concerns
It seems that America is at the breaking point when it comes to the way forward with education. Most American children lag far behind many other developed countries and the gap is widening. Society and our educational leadership has begged the question as to the best answer to solve what, some in the government see,…
Fill the Backpack- Last day to enter!
For the past month, I’ve been celebrating the start of school with Fill the Backpack. On Thursday, September 15th I’ll be selecting the winner of the Fill the Backpack Giveaway who will receive over $750 in prizes from these incredible sponsors. Take a look at the list below and then learn how you can…
Communities In Schools: Fill the Backpack’s Partner Nonprofit Partner Supports Public Education
The first school where I taught had a mentoring program where a group of volunteers from local businesses would come and read with our elementary school students every Wednesday. I loved walking by the library to see adults sitting with the same child week after week sharing a story over lunch and spending their recess…
AMD Celebrates Record-Breaking Processor with Laptop Giveaway!
Think back to your first computer compared to what you are using now. Is it lighter? Thinner? Faster? It is thanks to constant improvements in technology. Today AMD set the Guinness World Record for the ““Highest Frequency of a Computer Processor,” by overclocking the upcoming 8-core AMD FX desktop processor. What does that mean? It…
LeapFrog LeapSchool Reading Game Makes Reading Fun
Learning to read is engaging and interactive with the LeapFrog’s LeapSchool Reading cartridge game. As a former first grade teacher who taught kids to read, I know how difficult it can be for young children. Concepts like letter recognition, phonics, rhyming, word families, sight word recognition, and more need to come together to read fluently. While…
