Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood
Not long after my 16-year-old son started school a decade ago, I began dreaming of a paperless educational system. Permission slips, projects, homework, tests—organizing and storing all of them for Cole, and then his younger sister Ava, took countless hours. To boot, it was an utterly thankless task, which provided sufficient inspiration...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
by familycircle
Have you ever gone into a store, bought something, then come home to find that you had a 20 percent off coupon you could have used on that purchase?
SnipSnap is a free mobile app that saves coupons on your iPhone so you never lose out on saving money...
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Friday, August 31st, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood
School is in session! We are working out the kinks in the morning routine and homework hour is part of our evening ritual. My family is actually used to the new schedule.One reason it's going well? Technical preparedness.
My son’s laptop is his most-used possession. Before school started, I...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood
If you or anyone in your house has an iPad (or iPhone) you have probably wondered when your student’s textbooks will stop weighing 10 pounds each and start fitting neatly into that device. The answer to that question? Today.
Download the
Inkling app from your iPad and grab a free...
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Monday, August 27th, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood
It was back-to-school day today at our house. And that means that almost every conversation I have with my teens for the next nine months will have the word “homework” in it. Last year was a
bit rough around here school-wise. So this year, I'm determined to make the homework...
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