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Learning with technology

How Touchscreens Are Changing the World for Kids
• May 9, 2013 • Categories: Common Sense news, Learning with technology, Healthy media habits
Manager, Social Media and Online Community
This post was contributed by Claire McCarthy as part of our Mother's Day series. We're celebrating awesome moms this week by highlighting the media and tech that helps them be the best parents they... read more
The ON for Learning Awards Are a Great Success!
• March 27, 2013 • Categories: Common Sense news, Learning with technology
Director of Communications
On Tuesday night, we honored the very best in games, apps, and websites for learning at our first annual ON for Learning Awards. More than 75 developers, designers, and other game enthusiasts who... read more
Our Award-Winning Apps, Games, and Websites for Learning
• March 26, 2013 • Categories: Common Sense news, Learning with technology
Manager, Social Media and Online Community
Tonight's the night -- the ON for Learning Awards -- where we bring together developers and friends to celebrate the 51 apps, games, and websites that received Common Sense's highest rating for... read more
3 Ways to Maximize Kids' Learning with Technology
• March 24, 2013 • Categories: Learning with technology
Director, Digital Media | Tech and learning enthusiast
From apps like Scribblenauts Remix that build vocabulary to video games like Portal 2 that require inventive problem solving, lots of popular media titles have learning potential. But how can you... read more
The First Annual ON for Learning Awards
• March 19, 2013 • Categories: Common Sense news, Learning with technology
Manager, Social Media and Online Community
The potential for learning offered by apps, games, and websites is growing by leaps and bounds every day. On Tuesday, March 26, Common Sense Media will recognize the developers of the very best... read more
Toddlers, Apps, and a Real Path to Learning
• March 4, 2013 • Categories: Learning with technology
Parenting Editor | Mom of one
Everyone agrees that the hottest toy at the 2013 International Toy Fair was the iPad. Tablet computers are being heralded as the next great educational platform. But it's the apps that turn tablets... read more
How Special Needs Apps Can Unlock Learning
• February 20, 2013 • Categories: Learning with technology
VP Product at Common Sense Media - mom of two boys
Among parents of special needs kids today, my story is pretty common. When my son Thurston (now 7) started missing developmental milestones shortly after his first birthday, I threw away my copy of... read more
One Smartphone. Two Kids. Tons of Fun.
• February 6, 2013 • Categories: Learning with technology
Senior Editor, TV and DVD | Mom of two
My son would glue his eyeballs to my iPhone if I let him. He wants every second he can squeeze out of that shiny device, and we're constantly wrestling with the when and how of device time. So when I... read more
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