The thought of possibly getting Easter Egg Roll tickets became yesterday’s obsession. Sure, I wanted tickets for my family and was frustrated by the online ticketing system but while the tickets provided families all over the country with the chance to go, it also opened up ticketing to those trying to make big bucks off…
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When Good Technology Goes Bad: 2009 White House Easter Egg Roll Tickets
How did you spend your day today? Living near DC, I joined legions of other DC Metro Area parents, ticket hawkers, and other moms and dads from all over the country online trying to score White House Easter Egg Roll tickets only to experience hope, disappointment, and frustration repeatedly throughout the day. This year the…
Cyber Bullying: Responsibility of Schools to Protect and Educate
No child should ever be bullied by their peers whether the bullying happens in person or online. Today I’m over on DC Metro Moms talking about how students are waging online attacks on each other through social networking groups like Facebook. These attacks are personal, hateful, and are leaving kids emotionally scarred just like any…
Tech Savvy Daddy’s Inappropriate Use of Technology
Tech Savvy Daddy loves snarky gadget website Gizmodo because it has all the dirt on all the super cool up-and-coming gadgets and technological hilarity. As I blog, he’s often sitting behind me on his separate-but-equal computer in our office snickering at stuff on his screen or in awe of the amazing things he’s found on…
When is Too Much Time in Front of the Computer a Bad Thing?
Lately (ok, over the past 9 weeks) I’ve been spending way too much time in front of the computer. I usually spend a fair amount of time on the computer but recently it multiplied exponentially! It started with a 3 week online graduate course needed for my teacher recertification and then led into teaching an…
