Let’s talk about grit
by Priyanka Raha ~ Nov 29, 2018 She shrugged in a matter-of-fact way, not happy with what the sentence meant. She looked at me and gently took the iPad from my hands. She wrote down the line one more time Read more…
Is It Time To Reconsider The Way Our Children Read?
by Shikha Das Shankar and Priyanka Raha ~ Nov 15, 2018 Introducing children to eReading devices and apps does not mean changing traditional reading habits. The muted colors of the local library have invited you with your children joyfully, many Read more…
Houston, we are not ready to launch yet!
by Priyanka Raha ~ Nov 8, 2018 I woke up with a panic attack this Monday with an email from a friend that said ‘I tried to download and install your app and ran into issues.’ A voice in my Read more…
Cyberbullying – What You Can Do?
by Priyanka Raha ~ Nov 1, 2018 October was the National Bullying Prevention Month. To honor the national campaign we talked about cyberbullying last week. We want to extend that discussion and go into how we, as parents and teachers, can Read more…
What is Cyberbullying?
by Priyanka Raha ~ Oct 25, 2018 My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain. This was said by Charlie Chaplin. As a kid, I loved watching his acts. Read more…
The Road Ahead for Technology
by Shikha Das Shankar and Priyanka Raha ~ Oct 18, 2018 A UK-based research agency in a report called “The Rise and Impact of Digital Amnesia,” explains why over-reliance on digital technology is limiting our ability to create lasting memory. Read more…
Make Way for Mentoring Digital Screentime
by Shikha Das Shankar ~ Oct 11, 2018 Screentime battles have you surrounded day in and day out. The scene of your children sitting in front of the TV saying, “Five more minutes”, “One more show,” and “He is not Read more…
Shattering patriarchy one conversation at a time
by Priyanka Raha ~ Oct 05, 2018 Sometime last year I went to the ‘Western Washington Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators’ event to support a friend. I fell in love with this book titled Cuddles (well of course Read more…
The Evolving Classroom – Part 2
by Shikha Das Shankar ~ Sep 20, 2018 In the first part of our evolving classroom series we saw how our child’s classroom is changing into a tech-enabled environment that is adopting new tools for learning, innovation and creativity. In Read more…
The Evolving Classroom – Part 1
by Shikha Das Shankar ~ Sep 13, 2018 Mothers start to develop knots of stress, and get their jollies too, around early August, as ‘back-to-school’ signage and dark black arrows lead them to the end of their local Target store. Read more…
