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CTR Weekly November 4: Three Surveys to Know About on Children’s Media Useage
“Just as abstinence-only sex education doesn’t prevent teen pregnancy, it seems that keeping kids away from the digital world just makes them more likely to make bad choices once they do get online.”...
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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...
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CTR December 2015
Dear CTR Subscribers — I’m pleased to present to you with our biggest issue of the year. The fat page count reflects the amazing times in which we live. We’ll look back on 2015 as a very significant...
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Ten Tech Trends for Early Childhood Educators
Select the image to download a PDF version of this story. REPRINTED FROM THE DECEMEBER 2015 ISSUE OF CTR For the eighth year, the mighty ‘B’s swarmed once again at NAEYC, for an annual panel called...
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CTR January 2016
Dear CTR Subscribers — Two important items to note this month are the implementation of Bluetooth LE technology to strengthen the link between toys and apps (see Edwin the Duck on page 5, or...
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2016 KAPi Award Winners
Links: Kapi Awards main page. Announcement program given out at the Jan. 7 Award ceremony (as a PDF). CTR writeup of the 2016 KAPi Awards. Video of Mr. Miyamoto’s recorded acceptance speech....
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CTR February 2016
February is always an exciting month for children’s technology. We have an idea about what’s coming now that CES and Kids at Play are behind us, but we know there’s more to discover with Toy Fair and...
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CTR March 2016
Children’s Technology Review March 2016 Volume 21, No. 3, Issue 192 MAGICAL EXAMPLES: Announcing the Winners of the 2016 BolognaRagazzi Digital Award The jurors have spoken and the results of the...
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2016 BolognaRagazzi Digital Award Winners, Mention and Short List
On March 1, 2016, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair announced the results of the 5th Annual BolognaRagazzi Digital Award: a global search for excellence and innovation in digital children’s publishing....
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Book Review: Learn to Program With Minecraft
Learn to Program With Minecraft ($30, Dec. 15, 2015, 320 pages from No Starch Press) should really be called “learn to program Python, using a Minecraft theme.” Review by Matthew DiMatteo, CTR Staff...
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CTR April 2016: How Ethical is that App?
Children’s Technology ReviewApril 2016Volume 24, No. 4, Issue 193 Children’s Technology Review April 2016 Volume 21, No. 4, Issue 193 THIS IS A SUMMARY OF APRIL ISSUE. Paid pro subscribers have full...
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Lessons in App-Craft: Kate Wilson of Nosy Crow
Note that this is an excerpt from an 2014 article in CTR. Watch the John Cromie video before you start reading http://youtu.be/R82og144EG8. John’s story, called “the publisher, the app, and his...
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CTR May 2016 Preview: Three Credos, 16 Language and Literacy “Nice Touches,”...
Children’s Technology Review May 2016 Volume 24, No. 5, Issue 194 ISSUE PREVIEW (Full issues are by available by subscription). Our May 2016 issue contains reviews and summaries of 29 new products,...
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Common Sense Media Releases a Report on Technology Addiction
by Warren Buckleitner First a disclosure. I am hopelessly addicted to my mobile phone. If it’s not in my pocket, I feel out of touch, and can start feeling withdrawal symptoms. Last month Common Sense...
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Honor and Respect Children. Four Credos; Three Points of View
I recently stumbled upon four credos, each from a unique point of view, related to raising children. We all know — raising a child isn’t easy. These words help us that it’s worth the effort. 1. The...
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The chart was called “Nice Touch” and it remained within reach of any discussion or demo during the recent three-day language and literacy retreat at the Highlights Foundation. For a recap of the...
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June 2016: A CRY FOR HELP: Children’s App Publishers Are Getting “App...
Children’s Technology Review June 2016 Volume 21, No. 6, Issue 195 Subscribe for full access for $60/year (use promo code 10bucks to save $10). A CRY FOR HELP: Children’s App Publishers Are Getting...
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A Heartfelt Tribute to Seymour Papert
“The world lost an amazing wit, intellect, inventor, bricoleur, scholar, freedom fighter, and friend with the passing of Seymour Papert. He was arguably the most influential educator of the past half...
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A CTREX Survey: Top 10 Free Duck Duck Moose Apps to Download Immediately
From the September 2016 issue of Children’s Technology Review. The news that the Khan Academy acquired one of the world’s best children’s app studios — Duck Duck Moose (DDM), for only $.99, and that...
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CTR 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...
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