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Amazon Future Engineer: Hour of Code Dance Party
Continue Reading#AD As a parent with school-aged children, I often look at some of the things they do nowadays and feel slightly envious. I loved school as a child but the progression of technology in the years since I left has meant that school has so much more to offer now. To Code or Not To […]
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Monitoring Guide for Parents: Talking to Your Child About Online Monitoring
Continue ReadingTime for the talk- the tech talk Internet and mobile phone monitoring is a tricky topic to address as a parent. Technically speaking, you are well within your rights to not only worry but also take precautions to keep your children safe online. The best part is that you are not alone in your sleuth-inducing […]
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How to Manage Your Children’s Use of Tech and the Internet
Continue ReadingThe way in which your children use the internet and engage with technology is something that you’re going to have to manage and think carefully about as a parent. No parent wants their child to be exposed to things that are not suitable for them and no parent wants their child to become too reliant […]
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QTIME: Father and son build a gadget to help kids with a gaming addiction
Continue ReadingGaming addiction is becoming a recognised problem in modern society. QTIME is a newly launched device for parents made by a father-and-son company based in rural Wiltshire. It plugs into your child’s Xbox or PlayStation console and parents use the app to set a daily time allowance, see how much time was spent playing games […]
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Free Resources for kids learning typing
Continue ReadingTechnology has come around and led to a lot of changes in the way things are done nowadays. Every child will get the basic knowledge of computer usage while at a primary school. Technology can be used to give that kid the edge over his or her age mates. These resources can be accessed online […]
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Back to school for mums and dads: The majority (62%) of parents want to learn coding to keep up with their kids
Continue ReadingDespite half (50%) of children aged between five and ten learning to code at school, only one in five (20%) parents know how to, making most parents ill-equipped to help their children with tech homework, according to a new coding report released today by consumer robotics and AI company, Anki, makers of the UK’s best-selling toy […]
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Peterborough STEM Festival 2018: Tickets Now Available!
Continue ReadingOrganisers Digital People would like to welcome the local community to the Peterborough STEM Festival 2018, to be held at Kingsgate Conference Centre Peterborough on Saturday 13th October from 9.30am until 4pm. Free tickets to the event, celebrating Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, are now available to order online at www.peterboroughstemfestival.co.uk. Following the success of last […]
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Vtech Star Wars BB-8 Camera Watch
Continue ReadingI wish you could have seen the look on Ollie’s face when he found out that he was being sent a Vtech Star Wars BB-8 Camera Watch. I honestly was kicking myself for not having a camera at the ready #mumfail but I just didn’t expect the reaction that he gave. You would thought I […]
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Six copies of National Geographic How to speak Emoji to be won!
Continue ReadingJust when you think you have got this whole parenting lark figured how, someone throws a curve ball at you and you feel completely helpless again. I have heard myself mention to a few people recently that they didn’t prepare you for the junior/teen years of parenting when they hand you a cute little baby […]
