Gadgets, toys, software, apps....oh my!

BJ Emerson will not be available for the Sept 23 show but Deb will be joined by Warren Buckleitner, a long time friend of COMPUTER EXPLORERS. Warren Buckleitner is the Editor of Children’s Technology Review. After five years in the classroom and 10 years at the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, he established Children’s Technology Review, earning him SIIA’s First Journalism Codie Award for “Best Software Reviewer.” He has been an advisor to Consumer Reports WebWatch, a judge for AEP’s Golden Lamp awards, and has taught at MSU, NYU’s ITP program and the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. He is a contributor to the New York Times Gadgetwise blog, and writes for Parents, PARADE, Scholastic Parent & Child and others. A former preschool and elementary school teacher, he holds a BS in Elementary Education (cum laude), an MS in human development and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Michigan State University. Warren is the founder of the Dust or Magic Institute and the Mediatech Foundation. He has two teenage daughters and plays in a Dixieland jazz band. "Warren is a lot of fun. He is a true techie and educator and I look forward to our discussions on Social Geek Radio!" says Deb.