tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post799105410277727873..comments2024-03-28T14:54:43.134-04:00Comments on Craft Knife: The Two-Paragraph Essayjuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18141123092139829629noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-57563417544689140202014-11-28T16:28:45.288-05:002014-11-28T16:28:45.288-05:00Emma goes in phases with her video/computer games....Emma goes in phases with her video/computer games. She really enjoyed Bella Sara for a while till she ran out of missions. Right now she is obsessing over Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise on X-Box. As for the computer, she never really gets much access to them especially when I am taking classes. <br /><br />My point exactly about the tiger search! I'll have to check out the SafeSearch thing. I love the idea of getting her set up with her own computer but I have a feeling she would end up following in her Da's footsteps and NEVER get off the stupid thing. <br /><br />Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611764295297526639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-37165024286096214342014-11-28T08:17:53.747-05:002014-11-28T08:17:53.747-05:00They did play Minecraft before, mostly Will, but t...They did play Minecraft before, mostly Will, but this course has also taught her a bunch more things to do on it, so I think she's enjoying the game even more now. Does Emma play computer or video games at all?<br /><br />I do let mine research online, and although I like to supervise them on Google, I don't insist on it. We've got SafeSearch on, but a couple of times it's gotten jacked for whatever reason and Will has come across some really, really, REALLY gross search results, primarily because she's always searching for things about animals. Did YOU know that a search for how zoos breed tigers would result in graphic short stories about people/tiger hybrid sex if you don't have SafeSearch turned on? She didn't click on the results, thankfully, but nevertheless I went on a hysterical rant about internet pornography that I'm sure was much more traumatizing than the actual incident.<br /><br />Anyway, I prefer that the children search through our library's Encyclopedia Britannica subscription, or through Wikipedia, but depending on the topic, that can be less useful (Syd's Thanksgiving blueberry muffin recipe came from her own Google research). We often search Youtube for relevant videos, however, and that I do insist on closely supervising. I will actually sometimes even insist that the children close their eyes while I'm doing the search--last night, Will wanted to look for videos of the luminous lizard, which is a cave-dwelling creature in Trinidad. She absolutely had to cover her eyes while I searched for that one for her!juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141123092139829629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-66998973956260406842014-11-26T11:03:19.301-05:002014-11-26T11:03:19.301-05:00I think Will already writes better papers than I d...I think Will already writes better papers than I do :0)<br /><br />Did the girls play Minecraft before Will took this course? <br /><br />Also, do you let the girls research on-line on their own? If you do, are there any parental settings you use? <br /><br />I let Emma research bunnies a week or so ago and I was a little worried that the playboy bunnies would be one of the top results. Not a super big deal, but that stuff is tame compared to some of the stuff that might come up...Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611764295297526639noreply@blogger.com