Six Gadgets to Keep Traveling Teens Connected and Entertained

 Posted by on October 26, 2012  Comments Off
Oct 262012
 
Six Gadgets to Keep Traveling Teens Connected and Entertained

We can’t believe that it’s almost November and we haven’t even started Christmas shopping.  It used to be easy when the kids were younger and a Barbie or book or board game would make them happy. Today, with college visits, international school trips, community service commitments, travel sports tournaments, and the usual non-stop teen social calendar we find that electronics are topping our teens’ lists not only because these gadgets provide endless hours of portable entertainment on the road, but, thanks to near ubiquitous Wi-Fi and cell service, many handheld electronics also offer multiple ways to keep teens connected when they travel. Our friends at Vonage recently shared their list of six favorite gadgets you might put under the tree to help keep your teens and tweens in touch.   What’s your [...]

Microsoft OneNote 2010 Digital Notebook Software Review

 Posted by on May 21, 2011  Comments Off
May 212011
 
Microsoft OneNote 2010 Digital Notebook Software Review

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Microsoft for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. We were recently selected to participate in the Microsoft OneNote Around the World in 40 Days blogger program, which gave us an opportunity to test out Microsoft’s OneNote 2010 digital notebook software as we worked on our itinerary for this summer’s trip to Alaska.  We were assigned Alaska’s capitol city of Juneau, which can only be accessed by air or water.  Our assignment was to use OneNote to create a quick guide for a 24 hour visit to the city.  You can view and download our 24 Hours in Juneau with Teens TripBook, and those from all the other 39 bloggers and cities, at: OneNote TripBook  We had never used OneNote [...]