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Tecca.com Tech Lifestyle Editor Jennifer Jolly on the tech gadgets your children should have when they head back to school this year.
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And focus tonight the best fact the school gadgets for your kids.
With all sorts of high tech options out there it can be -- have figured out what they actually need.
Forget what they want here at me now to sift through the -- and find the vessels for you student Jennifer jolly detect like editor protect that dot com.
-- -- the kids no way more than I do at least I don't I think.
This is -- not -- on we're gonna look at it okay good quickly so let's talk about what you think they need and -- first annual list -- and also book yet well.
Older students so we're talking high school college.
One of the keys to -- -- I'm back after -- -- -- my backpack that is a power Baghdad charges your gadgets long ago because it's all about -- with me when I'm these ultra books.
You're seeing a lot of them this is BHP.
And -- for their super sleek super light they look great -- -- an awesome battery life for talking nine hours.
So this is great for older students were high school college ones who really need -- to 830 -- that's so cheap gas now wait why is the Kindle on your list is can be read in books somewhere else.
Sure but why would you want to -- Like some high -- or something like that right well I don't think kids should have iPad I -- I I'm sorry I think we're but I don't think it is so bad I thought we're talking children.
What Kyoto I get asked all the time does my child need an iPad -- your child doesn't need tonight they don't need anything this little -- at 79 dollars Amazon's Kindle.
You can have an entire library is worth of -- -- books right in the palm of your hand and let me just he's.
And yet they've read among here they download and about sixty seconds this is all they need you can we have textbooks -- -- everything you need okay.
Quickly we got my charge I'd love this because this is back up yes so this is -- my -- right here.
This is it this is portable power on the go.
You can do what iphones you can deal with android phones.
This will charge -- -- of your devices for an additional four hours.
Save a life pool and a wraps everything up GAAP and finally to closing you have I think is this exact specific action shot cam.
That's right so this year it's all about.
-- action shot cameras the point and pointedly Atlantans.
Well all you do is put it on a -- lets you put it on your -- you on your skateboard.
And you take it.
Action shots as you go along posted to YouTube.
Most of these cameras are very very trendy and very -- right now -- usually they run in the 300 dollar range.
This 1 by JAKKS Pacific is in the fifty dollar to 100 dollar -- so cool really Smart for -- let's talk quickly about who should be getting one OK so.
You know fourteen and up by getting.
The little kids little tablet cute idea.
The Smartphone I think problem is -- a lot of parents are having right now because.
My son is eleven he thinks he deserves one that deserves to take that back he thinks he should have -- he needs it -- -- need it.
He doesn't end and twenty years ago kids thought they had to have.
That this super great bicycle -- you know we thought we had to have -- Sean Cassidy lunch box yeah there's always something your kid is gonna want because everyone else has one well guess what be a parent and -- So okay no iPhone but you're saying that there is some rationale this -- and access.
There -- and what I recommend is a no contract prepaid phone Virgin Mobile puts out this one that's an entry HT CV one.
This is 35 dollars and -- in -- out the door you can limit how much -- -- you can limit how much they tax you can.
The very very easily set up parental controls on these up my daughter is also eleven.
I love that she has -- -- just gave it to or for -- camp over the summer.
It feels so wonderful to be connected -- use the GPS mapping to see where she is also that as Internet access and that -- yes limited and there's a great argument to be made does your child need Internet access on their cell phone.
Probably not but at some point it's a great tool they -- with and they can listen to music they can download their books as you were saying.
Can't they can look up research terms we have this thing in the car all the time where shall asking a question of when I don't know the answer all say.
Look up Google right you know right Sewell and so that it's it's a little bit of a -- way.
But set the parental controls download something called -- software protects and it works on the phones and it helps.
It just teach kids at a young age how to be good digital citizen there's a bounce that was in there because there are times I look up and -- my kids on something in nobody's talking you know what that makes me that yeah high end and I'll tell you right now -- -- -- -- my daughter's doing that's.
I you know I feel my blood pressure guys and usually I'm doing -- and their house to be it limits and boundaries.
All the gadgets Buffett dinner time no gadgets inside the bedroom -- -- at night at all I do not want my child up texting or on line.
All the gadgets -- charge up in -- family room.
And you have to have Sunday should be attacked -- day or Wednesday.
And really in my feeling we set these rules and I don't wanna have a harvest time -- -- -- -- say oh my god Sunday -- attack US craziness.
Tent -- John -- you're awesome.
Second dot com check out the website you guys and thank you thank you don't know me talking my son at least out of -- -- not about.
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