Kids Apps: Avengers and Superhero Apps ReviewAs the mother of an active five-year-old tomboy who enjoys superheroes just as much as the next kid, I am always on the lookout for a good superhero story. Disney does a great job with their newest app additions: The Avengers Origins: Assemble and Avengers Origins: Hulk.
Kids Apps: Review of Two Educational and Health Centered AppsThis past January, Apple announced that it would be introducing a new iPad textbook experience and iBooks authoring tool that would present many opportunities to use this technology in the classroom. They started selling textbooks from McGraw-Hill, Pearson and Houghton Mifflin at prices comparable to the print, or as I…
Games: How Nicole Lazzaro Makes a Difference With Tiltworldgiving back • moms making a difference
Nicole Lazzaro is my hero in many ways. She is a pioneer of video games; she studied the psychology behind them at Stanford and created a consulting company, XEODesign, that provides leading-edge expertise on "first-player experience design" on the emotion and the fun of games. She's in…
Social Media: Getting the Skinny on Facebook’s Timelineme • biz, tech, & social media • lifestyle • hobbies-me time
I feel pretty comfortable admitting that I’m a tech savvy mom. I instinctively know how to use new tools, people come to me for what I think are basic tech issues, and new apps and gadgets get my heart pumping faster than flowers and a romantic dinner. But when it…
me • biz, tech, & social media • parenting • home management
I am the last person who should be writing this post. But you know what they say: The teacher learns the most. And, I definitely need to do a little learning on the topic of organization. My husband, @troypattee, has pretty much put me on a grocery shopping…
