After spending the past week creating content, Little Miss Techie is proud to finally unveil her new blog, Balsamic Camel! Balsamic Camel is her little place on the internet where she shares the things she loves like her dog, champions the causes she’s passionate about (raising money for cystic fibrosis), provides advice about things like…
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Why Celebrating a 9th Birthday Wins Over Attending CES
“Mommy? You can go to that conference this week if you want,” said my soon-to-be-nine year old daughter as she lay her head on her pillow, settling in for sleep. “Thank you but it’s ok,” I said reassuringly. “One day I’ll go but not this year.” After kissing my daughter goodnight on Monday evening, I…
Digital Family Summit for Tweens, Teens, and Parents (w. family conference pass giveaway)
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…
Super Diaper Baby 2- A video review by Little Miss Techie (w. giveaway)
We’ve been keeping up with our summer reading by devouring books ranging from historical fiction, Harry Potter, old favorites, and new books like Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers. In this video review, second-grader-to-be Little Miss Techie explains why she loves Super Diaper Baby by Dav Pilkey. Watch the entire…
Tech Savvy Kids Communicate Via Email to Hone Writing Skills
Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. It probably isn’t surprising that Little Miss Techie has her own email account since she was born. When she sits down at the computer…
Little Miss Techie: Motivated Learner and Independent Googler!
Six year old Little Miss Techie has been very curious about which animals see in color. She knows that dogs do not but has been wondering about her grandparents’ sheep. Being the motivated learner that she is, she tried to find the answer in our nonfiction books about animals here at home. We’ve talked about…
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…
Website of the Week: One More Story
Sometimes the best sites are the ones that are constantly used and are often overlooked. Earlier today I was sitting here contemplating blog content for this week while Little Miss Techie sat behind me on her computer captivated by Taro Yashima’s story of Crow Boy on One More Story. We’ve had our One More Story…
Old School vs New School Technology
Since I was out too late partying it up with Top Chef’s Spike and my fellow DC Metro Mom bloggin’ mamas on a school night (more on that later!), I bring to you my new post over on LeapFrog Teacher Tagvocates where I’m thinking ahead to Little Miss Techie’s kindergarten experience and wishing that those…
Website of the Week: Rocknoceros PINK! Video
Little Miss Techie is responsible for this week’s Website of the Week. Since she has been consumed by Rocknoceros this week, it is quite fitting. Enjoy! See you at tomorrow’s show and if you can’t make it, connect with Rocknoceros on Facebook, YouTube, or their website. Thanks for reading Tech Savvy Mama through your feed!…