With just two more weeks of summer, we’re enjoying the last of our unstructured days by waking up and doing whatever we want like seeing a matinee of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days just because we can. Based on the book of the same title, Dog Days is the third Wimpy Kid movie…
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Apple Camp: Free for Young Movie Makers
Young Spielbergs can practice their movie-making skills at a free 3 day workshop at your local Apple Store. Apple Camp is designed for ages 8-12 who want to make their own movies. Here’s some additional information from the Apple website: Apple Camp is for kids ages 8–12 who want to make their own movies. They’ll…
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…
What’s Your Story? Youth Generated Video Contest Promotes Responsible Internet Use
One of the best ways to know if kids of any age truly understand something is to get them to explain it in their own words. This is part of the concept behind Trend Micro’s What’s Your Story video contest, a user-generated video contest designed to empower youth to be leaders in educating others about…
39 Clues: Rapid Fire eBook Series Begins 12/25 (giveaway)
I admit to being completely addicted to The 39 Clues series despite being well outside the target demographic for the series. I’ve loved following the main characters, Amy and Dan around the world as they search for clues in a treasure hunt and fans of the series will be thrilled to learn Scholastic is releasing…
Gifts for Tweens
Generally between the ages of 9-12, tweens are the pre-teen set of yesteryear who straddle the line of being too old to be called young kids but aren’t quite old enough to be teens yet. Here are my picks for cool gifts that will challenge those that fall within this age group but won’t be…
Bold Earth Teen Adventures Provides Hands On Learning Through Travel and Community Service
I’ve always believed that each person learns in a different way. While some may be paper and pencil learners, others are more visual while certain people learn by doing. For those who learn by doing, Bold Earth Teen Adventures offers multi-sport summer programs for high school students ages 11-18 that incorporate community service projects. Bold…
CyberSafety Tips and Digital Abuse Resources
This week I am dedicating my posts to the topic of cybersafety. This is the third post in the series. For the second year in a row, I was inspired by attending the Wired Safety Summit. It was a reminder that what I do here is important and that there’s a reason for what may…
Sextortion: A Definition and Real Life Example
This week I am dedicating my posts to the topic of cybersafety. This is the second post in the series. Sextortion is defined as kids being blackmailed into something sexual they don’t want to do. This term was completely new to me walking into last week’s Wired Safety Summit and if this is the…
Wired Safety Summit Focuses on Teen & Tween Cybersafety
This week I am dedicating my posts to the topic of cybersafety. This is the first post in the series. Last week the 12th Annual Wired Safety Summit convened in Washington, D.C. and brought together members including teens, tweens, lawmakers, parents, and companies who are dedicated to promoting cybersafety. While the day is filled with…
