The rule of “ninety – fifty – ten”
This CRT TV, with composite video inputs, served us well for many years by running PS2 and PS3 games. It’s since been replaced with a heavily discounted 1080p HD flat screen. Next time a tempting new...
View ArticleCTR Issue 199 – October 2016: Eight Amazing Digital Stories; Commercial...
Children’s Technology Review October 2016 Volume 24, No. 10, Issue 199 >> Get the next issue: start a subscription << CTREX Survey #1: Eight examples of innovation in children’s digital...
View ArticleA CTREX Survey of Recent Apps: Understanding the Commercial Trickery of the...
Increasingly, children are exposed to digital experiences specifically designed to manipulate them for commercial reasons. It’s unrealistic to think it can be changed. However, it can be managed. Watch...
View ArticleHow much media is too much? Decoding the New AAP Guidelines
By Warren Buckleitner “No screens 1 hour before bedtime, and remove devices from bedrooms before bed.” From the AAP’s new guidelines. The American Academy of Pediatrics finally updated its...
View ArticleQ. What’s the Best Children’s Tablet for 2016?
The month of December always raises some familiar questions from our subscribers — especially parents and grandparents buying gifts. For the best possible answers, we tap into the power of new and...
View ArticleWhich Apps Should I download?
Also see, What’s the Best Children’s Tablet for 2016? http://childrenstech.com/?p=17741 For iPad, here are the latest lists you need from CTREX. Just click on the link (counts are accurate as of Dec....
View ArticleRecommended Apps for the Fire HD Kids Edition
Did you just purchase a Fire HD Kids Edition (Amazon Kindle)? Here are 3 of our higher rated apps for the device plus a link to 57 more… Fire HD Kids Edition Thinkrolls Kings & Queens Avokiddo...
View Article3 Great Apps for Elementary Art Teachers
A famous artist from Switzerland, animals created from fall leaves, and geometric finger painting are among our top picks. Incorporating these imaginative art apps can help build a great lesson plan....
View ArticleWill Algorithms Start Raising Our Children?
“Perfecting the world is our task, in whatever way we choose to do it.” Dr. Arella J. Lehrer, President of Legacy Interactive, from her Facebook birthday greeting. New parents used to bring home a baby...
View ArticleThere’s a Plague Killing Off Children’s App Publishers
Summary: Several of the best children’s app publishers have stopped making apps. The number of new children’s iPad apps we’ve reviewed has dropped from 673 in 2013, to just 105 last year. What’s going...
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