Saturday, July 9, 2011

Ah, childhood

My great-niece Mila is having a much different childhood experience than did I, or her grandfather (my brother). For us, Mom or Dad had to turn on the TV and find the channel. Mila just sets up the iPad and tunes into a Netflix video of an educational program teaching letters, numbers and colors.

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  1. SherrieJuly 9, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    Hi Val,
    My niece Zoe has been using a computer since she was 3. It amazes they learn that so fast. Have a great day!

    Sherrie

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  2. AnonymousJuly 9, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    A whole new world, every generation.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 9, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    I think you have her running your online course while you are away on the Queen Mary!

    I hear some schools are emphasizing keyboard instruction while de-emphasizing cursive writing, which I think is a shame. I'm not a big fan of phonetic spelling and acronyms. I like to see complete sentences and not texting! Btw I'm Lol!

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  4. ChesneyJuly 9, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    Isn't it amazing how much things have changed just in our lifetime....think of generations to come!

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  5. LoisJuly 9, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    Children do have the world at their fingertips these days.

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  6. GiseleJuly 9, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    I heard the same thing as Steven. Sad....there should be room for both, but typing is definitely needed. I taught myself as an adult out of a book "bat bat bat, cat cat cat, sat sat sat". Oy.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 9, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    So much information and misinformation is about, hope there are good programs that teach critical thinking!

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  8. JackiJuly 10, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    Everything that they think is fun needs to be plugged in somewhere, achieving a healthy balance with this and physical activity is the challenge.

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