Image via Wikipedia I’ll never forget the time when my then-five-year-old daughter asked a question at the dinner table. Neither my husband or I knew the answer, so she chirped, “Let’s Google it!” She got up from the table and headed for the computer. My husband and I looked at each other half smiling, half [...]
Image via Wikipedia You can be forgiven for missing the news. In the middle of the Christmas shopping season, the FCC approved new Network Neutrality rules. This comes shortly after the supposed 'deal' between Google and Verizon that in the end, looks very similar to the FCC framework on the surface. As with any set [...]
Amazon’s Kindle I got a gift recently, one that I'm both excited and, well, quite honestly a little sad about: a Kindle. My excitement stems from my love of technology and gadgets, and all of the obvious benefits of owning an e-reader: easy access to tons of cheap books and periodicals, one tiny device that [...]
Let’s start with a little family history. My dad’s a surgeon, my uncle, an internist. I grew up with computers and the Internet. They did not. Not only were these things foreign because they were raised in another country and grew up in another generation, but as physicians they had no time or interest in [...]
Card Catalogue, circa 1967 I remember the days (does that make me old? I never thought I’d start a sentence that way...) when searching for something in a library meant a visit to the card catalogue. The card catalogue, for those of you too young to remember, or those of you old enough to remember [...]
SHARE! One of life’s first lessons seems to have changed to “send content to as many of your friends in as many circles as you can with the click of a button.” The nice thing about online sharing though is you don’t have to wait your turn to get it back. Share on Facebook! Tweet [...]
It occurred to me not too long ago that the world of education has really changed dramatically for younger children since the advent of the iPhone and other smartphones. Personally, my only experience is with the iPhone and how it has captivated my 2½ year-old daughter’s attention and illustrated a fundamental change in how we [...]
