New study on earbud hearing-loss risk
Further evidence this week that earbud users who like the volume turned up high are seriously at risk of hurting their ears. Parents, get your kids to listen to this as well as music! A European study...
View ArticleNew DSi = new iPhone for kids?
That’s what the Youth Trends research firm’s calling this third version of Nintendo’s handheld game player. “The $170 DSi fully embraces the two biggest trends in gaming: customization/personalization...
View ArticleBasic iPod mutating away
Apple anticipated what would replace the iPod practically when it came out with the first model, if we’re to believe Arik Hesseldahi at BusinessWeek.com. And I do. I remember Steve Jobs talking about...
View ArticleiPod Touches in the classroom
The Salisbury Post tells the story of how a school district in North Carolina got its start with mobile devices in the classroom – in this case, iPod Touches narrower than “a deck of cards,” weighing a...
View ArticleHow 10-year-olds text without a phone
It’s a workaround for a kid with an iPod Touch who doesn’t yet have a cellphone: Textfree. Writes CNET’s Michelle Meyers of her 10-year-old daughter, the app “assigns her a real phone number, and lets...
View ArticleMobile learning’s growing momentum: Study
The tide against cellphones in school – for learning, not just communication – seems to be turning. Student engagement, tight school budgets (or reasonable technology that so many students already...
View ArticleTexting apps taking over the world, it seems
You know that texting doesn’t just happen on phones, right? Kids can (and do) download a free texting app to any wi-fi-enabled device – iPod Touches, iPads, Android tablets, etc. – and text with their...
View ArticleApple’s settlement with parents
Interesting: On the one hand, I hear a Nickelodeon executive saying kids are hard-pressed to spend $10 in the Apple App Store, and on the other I read that Apple reached a settlement with an untold...
View ArticleThe power of kid-powered tablets
This article about tablets in school has something to teach us about tablets at home too. Tablets – iPads, Kindle Fires, Meeps, Nabis, iTouches (see this) – and even the apps on them aren’t the main...
View ArticleHow 10-year-olds text without a phone
With a new kind of app, kids can get their own phone numbers and text friends with their iPod Touches. The post How 10-year-olds text without a phone appeared first on NetFamilyNews.org.
View ArticleMobile learning’s growing momentum: Study
Interest in using mobile devices for classroom instruction may have reached a tipping point, with growing support from administrators, students, parents, and innovative teachers, but resistance remains...
View ArticleTexting apps taking over the world, it seems
You know that texting doesn’t just happen on phones, right? Kids can (and do) download a free texting app to any wi-fi-enabled device – iPod Touches, iPads, Android tablets, etc. – and text with their...
View ArticleApple’s settlement with parents
Interesting: On the one hand, I hear a Nickelodeon executive saying kids are hard-pressed to spend $10 in the Apple App Store, and on the other I read that Apple reached a settlement with an untold...
View ArticleThe power of kid-powered tablets
This article about tablets in school has something to teach us about tablets at home too. Tablets – iPads, Kindle Fires, Meeps, Nabis, iTouches (see this) – and even the apps on them aren’t the main...
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