by Kate Etue | Websites We Love
More and more classrooms are going digital with volunteer signups these days, which means room parents get to avoid the hassle of collecting rounds of paperwork from all the students in their class. Not to mention the environmental impact of saving all that paper....
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
When I’m trying to decide whether to spend money on an app for my kids, I want to be sure it’s something they’ll return to again and again. But I also want my kids to learn something while they’re having fun. All of this is true of the new iPad...
by Kate Etue | Uncategorized
Usually the new cell phone cases that I find fall into two categories–super stylish or super protective. I’m not exactly sure where that puts my new Loopy Case, which was invented to make it easier for you to hold your phone. But honestly, I don’t...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
I don’t often sit with my kids while they’re on their tablets, mostly because their limited screen time is during my limited time to get dinner ready. Also, I’ve had enough Angry Birds to last me a while. But today I sat down with my...
by Kate Etue | Uncategorized
These days, I feel like my phone is as much an accessory as my earrings or bracelets I mean, I have the thing with me All. The. Time. And I hate to admit it (please don’t fire me, Cool Mom Tech editors!) but I still use a cheap plastic case from the store...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
As much as I’d love to take a trip to Europe with my kids and let them ride bikes through Holland to see the windmills and tulips, it’s just not in the budget this year. But I can still let them learn about Dutch culture through the beautifully illustrated...
by Kate Etue | Photography
I always swore I wouldn’t be that mom who said, “When I was a kid . . .” to her own kids all the time, but sure enough I’m explaining pay phones and cigarette lighters in the car to them. One of my favorite gone-by-the-wayside tech items from...
by Kate Etue | Photography
We’ve written here in the past how easy Mosaic custom photo books from Mixbook are to create. It truly takes just a few minutes, and you have the photo book in your hands within a couple of days. Pretty amazing. The only downside with their Mosaic books has been...