When it comes to raising my children, my motto has been “Keep them busy to keep them out of trouble.” I was the champion of sports programs and after school activities. Now that they are respective teenagers I’m second guessing if that was the right decision. In our ever-evolving technical world my children struggle to find ways to wind down. While I don’t…
Technology to help rewire your brain
My childhood unfolded in the last few years BC (Before Computers). However, my own children and my students have lived their entire lives with bleeps and buzzes and signals from multiple channels of information. Parents and teachers alike worry about the impact that constant multitasking is having on children’s developing brains. Kids—digital natives—swim comfortably in the floods of information and…
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Quieting chaos and finding stillness
