Technology – Page 5

Crayola’s New Create & Play App Will Make Kids Think They’re Coloring

November 22, 2018 By denise Leave a Comment

Disclosure: As a member of the Crayola Ambassador program, I received product and samples for my time and efforts in creating this post. All opinions are my own.

Crayola has been expanding their artistic empire to include the world of virtual expression. And launching on November 13, Crayola’s new Create and Play app focuses on not only artistic engagement, but also the valuable STEAM learning that has proven to be so crucial in a child’s well-rounded education.

Create and Play is a designed with young children’s developing brains in mind. It features everything from creative, guided art projects to basic coding skills to math, number, and alphabet games that encourage learning without the feeling of being tutored or sitting in class. Kids can spray paint their way through letters, learn programming through simple mazes, and even hatch fun animals that they then get to dress up. These games allow children to build points for use as currency so they can rack up tons of virtual prizes like new stamping markers and additional art supplies.

I have been testing Create and Play for about a week, and it’s both creative and entertaining. Bits of a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) curriculum are sprinkled throughout the app’s colorful playground. The Art Station experience gives you access to a blank canvas or several coloring pages. You can also snap a photo to make a custom template.

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Back to School with the Epson Expression ET-2750 EcoTank Printer

August 26, 2018 By denise Leave a Comment

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It is that time of year again, Back to School for everyone. Epson has come up with printers that can fit into your family’s lifestyle. Whether your child is just starting out or heading off to college, a printer is essential. One of the new printer’s that Epson has is the Epson Expression ET-2750 Eco Tank Printer.

The Supertank: is for the student who wants it all, convenience and quality, the Expression® ET-2750 EcoTank® All-in-One Supertank Printer ($299.99 MSRP) offers hassle-free printing with revolutionary cartridge-free printing. Using supersized ink tanks, this printer offers up to two years of ink in the box1, so students don’t have to worry about running out of ink at the worst times. Additional features to make any school life easier include simple wireless printing2, savings of up to 80 percent on low-cost ink replacements3, auto 2-sided printing, and borderless photo and document printing.

Let’s take a closer look at this printer.

On the box it states you get 2 years’ worth of ink, which Epson states are roughly equal to 6,500 text pages or 5,200 color pages. They also state this is equal to 30 sets of ink cartridges, so for us, it was around $60 a set of cartridges, meaning that’s equal to $1800 in ink cartridges for us. This is great since we do a lot of printing.

Scanning Area is easier to use – With the HP the User Interface was in the way, but now we can lay a book flat on the scanning bed.

Instructions – They were easy to follow and helped you set up the printer and fill it with ink easily.

Filling the Ink is Easy – We were nervous about filling the ink, but the auto-stop technology on the 502 ink bottles worked great and we didn’t spill any ink. You don’t even have to hold the bottle, just insert and wait for it to fill. I did have to hold the lid of the printer up during the filling though. The included ink bottles completely filled the ink tanks, so it appears 1 set of ink bottles is supposed to last for 2 years.

Easy Printer Setup – Everything went pretty seamlessly, and we only had the following 2 issues, which were resolved after going to maintenance and running a nozzle check after which the printer will do an automated self-cleaning if needed. Here are some before and after pictures.

Print Quality – The print quality overall was excellent.

Photos – The following are a few photos we printed. I would say there are comparable to what I would get from Walgreens. For home use this is great.

Reliability/Performance – I printed an entire textbook and it worked really well.

Mobile Printing – After downloading the Epson iPrint mobile app, I was able to easily find my printer and print photos from my phone.

PROS

Excellent Cost Effectiveness
Excellent Reliability
Easy to Use – Simple User Interface
Good Print/Photo Quality for Home Use
Easy Mobile Printing
Improved Scanning Bed Access (Compared to our previous HP printer)
Great All Around Home Printer
Built-in Duplex Printing

The Epson Expression ET-2750 Printer is the perfect printer for our needs We have free printables, worksheets, and are always printing graphics, school work, testing, and various assignments. Having a reliable cost-effective printer helps us out a lot. The print quality is great.

If you need an all-around Copier, Scanner, and Printer, then this is a great option which does provide significant cost savings over ink cartridges and we highly recommend it.

Hailee Steinfeld and Post-It Kick Off Back to School-#MakeItStick

August 26, 2018 By denise 3 Comments

Disclosure: This is not a compensated or sponsored post. I was provided the products when for review purposes only. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Can you believe the back to school season is almost here! As we head into the end of July, we can’t help but think that for many, school reopens in the mid to late August. So it’s time to really think about the upcoming school season. We had the great opportunity to kicked off the back-to-school season with Singer/Actress Hailee Steinfeld and Post-it Brand. An event with a wonderful surprise performance by Hailee (keep reading to see the video of her performance).

We were among the very lucky few who got the chance to attend this wonderful event, which was a joint effort with Hailee Steinfeld and Post-it Brand to celebrate the back-to-school season and inspire students to dream big, set goals and make them stick. The other attendees? Students from the NYC chapter of national non-profit After-School All-Stars, a program that provides comprehensive after-school programs that keep children safe and help them succeed in school and life. The program strives to ensure that be safe and healthy, to graduate high school and go to college, to find careers they love and then give back to their communities.

The kids had a great time dancing and playing with the available Post-It Notes. The Hailee Steinfeld and Post-it (Post-it Brand) back-to-school event offered several interactive things to do including writing down special song requests on Post-It (Post-it Extreme Notes) and posting it on a brick wall for the DJ and sharing what motivates them, what they’re thinking about, and what are they looking forward to.

Post-it Brand helped to inspire students like the ones from After-School All-Stars NYC. We are certainly inspired and can’t wait to share our goals, to-do lists and dreams on some of the absolutely adorable new launches from Post-It Brand (Post-it Brand). We especially love the Polaroid Camera and White Ceramic Bear Post-It Notes (Post-it Notes) dispensers, the Emoji and state-shaped Post-It Notes (Post-it Notes), and of course, the previously covered Post-It Extreme Notes (Post-it Extreme Notes).

These products make going back to school so much easier. I can not stay organized without these tools.

This is always one of my favorite events. I love seeing all the new products and it makes me feel ready for the school year.