I saw this image shared by Noah Daniel on Instagram: and I said, YES! In a time of uncertainty, fear, and potential family illness, it is easy for us […]
Yikes! What do I do with my kids over the next few weeks? Read More →
I literally don’t have enough time in my life to listen to all of the podcasts that have been recommended for me. It is a genre that has become very
In the past week a video of a 9-year old boy with Quaden Bayles is circulating around the world. This is a good thing in many ways. Quaden is a
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I attended my first Treasure Mountain Canada Symposium yesterday, (a Canadian School Libraries project) in collaboration with the Ontario Library Association Superconference and facilitated by Anita Brooks Kirkland and Carol
I was tagged in an opinion piece in the Washington Examiner by my pal, Dean Vendramin called, Changing the Screen-time debate by Sarah M. Coyne. Great article reminds me of
A tale of two hypothetical teens on social media Read More →
This has been a really tough week for me personally. My uncle has been in hospital since last Saturday and because my aunt and uncle don’t have kids, I have
On the eve of going back to school after a two week vacation, I am both looking forward to what lies ahead tomorrow and in the New Year, and also
Very often we talk about “Stranger Danger” when we talk with kids about being online. That person you are talking to can be a 40 year old pedophile disguised as
We want to encourage kids to make a positive impact using social media. We teach our students to screenshot and block mean comments. We also encourage them to anonymously report
I have been invited to speak to parents more and more lately and the one thing that seems to come up by several parents before, during, and after the session,
New Research: Social Media has (maybe not) destroyed a generation Read More →
