Technology: In Plain English טכנולוגיה: באנגלית פשוטה: The Force Awakens

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

The Force Awakens - on your home Internet!!

Ah, my young Padawan Techies...

We all know that the Internet can be a force for good - abundant information at one's fingertips, connecting with fellow learners throughout the world - but it also has a dark side - a warped space/time of endless hours playing games, and some sites that try to seduce us and waste our time with cute pictures of cats with lightsabers (https://youtu.be/m6erUBMtV2g) . We call that the black hole, the dark side of the web.

So, as a parent, what can you do to manage the screen time, websites and general usage of the World Wide Web at your home? Well, over the years I have seem many different home based solutions. Some worked well, but the common thread was that the parents had to become technology specialists to use them!

Well, search no more!! A force of light has awakened!!

Disney (yes, the folks who now own Star Wars - hence all the bad puns...) has partnered with an AMAZING home Internet management device. Not only does it work, but it is easy to use as well!!

I could extoll the virtues of this device, but the below linked video says it all!