Tag Archives: technology

U-Haul Road Trip Travel Game for Kids & a pair of entrepreneurs

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

My brothers and I used to play The License Plate Game when we were kids on road trips with our parents. See who can find all (or the most of) fifty states represented by vehicle license plates first. I’ve had our boys play … Continue reading →

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Swedish Families leaving home country in order to homeschool

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

This just in from my mother, who is “a Swedish speaking immigrant from the Åland Islands.” Don’t let that fool you though. She’s all-American even though she talks funny. Apparently, many families are leaving Sweden in order to be allowed to … Continue reading →

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Where are you reading?

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

I stumbled upon this interesting blog while searching for travel and educational blogs. The blog name is Bookjourney and it is written by Sheila. The blog name alone is interesting enough but she has a new post known as the Where Are … Continue reading →

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Google Sightseeing – a Blog review and what I do

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Blog review - http://googlesightseeing.com/ The first thing I do before any roadtrip is get on to Google Earth. I zoom down to the road I intend to take and “travel” the route as if I am actually on the road. Doing … Continue reading →

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New GPS Camera on the market – Pentax Optio WG-1 GPS Camera

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

When I received my Nikon CoolPix P-6000 a couple of years ago for my birthday, there weren’t that many cameras with integrated GPS receivers. There were one or two others but that’s about it. Other options included purchasing an after … Continue reading →

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Wi-Fi hotspots and Waymarking

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

A follower of this blog recently commented that she and her husband could possibly go on a trip as we are planning if he had a Wi-Fi hotspot available everywhere he went, among other things. One of the things I … Continue reading →

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The Boat Ramp App

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

In the current issue of Popular Mechanics (April/2012) – popularmechanics.com, I saw an advertisement for The Boat Ramp App. I thought to myself, they obviously aren’t familiar with Waymarking.com! I am not a fisherman, but I know some people who are.  This … Continue reading →

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Been there, done that.

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

Here we will let everyone know where we’ve been using GPS technology such asTrackStick and our geotagging camera along with our commentaries. Related articles New SAASM Compatible GPS Module For Digital Cameras Delivers Advanced Geotagging and ‘Object’ Location Capabilities (prweb.com) Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: … Continue reading →

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Curriculum

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

Just adding links right now to view later http://www.ccle.org/ http://wittenbergtrail.org/group/lutheranhomeschoolers http://lutherancatechesis.org/ Related articles The Latin-Centered Curriculum, 1st and 2nd Editions (wordsmithsstudies.wordpress.com) American Curriculum in Bangkok! (karenmahon.com) It just didn’t work…(talking about curriculum choices that didn’t work) (livelifewithyourkids.wordpress.com)

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