How can technology can help busy parents? Modern families are busier than ever before. It is typical for both parents to work outside the home and for children and teens to participate in multiple clubs, teams or activities. Most families rely on email, cell phones and most recently, text messaging to communicate and plan their lives.
Technology can be a great tool for families to become more organized and more productive. Organizing key dates in an online calendar allows everyone in the family to be aware of when the next soccer game or dance recital will be held. And in today’s world of internet connected smart phones, we are nearly always available to receive an update via email or SMS text message.
An example of parents using technology for their benefit is ToldTwice.com, a unique web service that allows parents to send reminders to their children as free SMS text messages. Parents can remind the child to study for exams, clean their room or even walk the dog. These simple yet effective tools are helping to improve the quality of life of families across the globe.
Technology is a tool and a tool should help one perform a job better, easier, faster or with higher quality. Using tools like ToldTwice.com and it’s iPhone application do just that in an easy and affordable manner. The iPhone app is available on Apple’s App Store for just $0.99.
Most western families already have expensive cell phone plans that cover the entire family for voice and text messaging. Finding ways in increase the value that we all receive from these costs is going to be increasingly important as our dependence on these devices grows.
Another great example of new technologies that help families are online “Office Suites” such as Google Docs and Zoho. These web services provide word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software that runs completely in your web browser. In addition to the very low cost (or ad-supported fee options), these services provide the ability share documents and collaborate with other members of the family. These tools have proven to be a great benefit for students working in groups.
Parents should continue to look for new technologies and services that provide value to their home and work lives. From online services such as those provided by Google, Facebook and ToldTwice.com to mobile solutions found on the iPhone, parents and children are finding simple and effective tools to help manage their lives.
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