Tech Thursday
Do you have a son or daughter who is easily distracted when using a computer? Does s/he start searching the Internet instead of working? This may be the answer.
One of my sons had a very easy time being distracted whenever he worked on the computer. You may have a child who sits down to work on an assignment or project and the next thing you know, s/he is checking out websites or opening programs that have nothing to do with what the assignment is. If you, or any of your children, can relate to any of this, you have to check out Cold Turkey. It’s located at https://getcoldturkey.com. What Cold Turkey does is allow the user to block websites, applications, or the entire Internet. The best part is that you can create a specified amount of time to deactivate the sites or applications and once the time expires, everything is back to normal. Think how helpful this could be for a high school or college student so they can stay focused?! Give it a try! There’s a free light-weight plan and there are several extremely inexpensive paid plans.
Jim Roberts * WDCCSD Director of Instructional Technology & Student Reporting
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