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What I took away from this article is that if we are going to help students become productive members of society we have to realize where our society is. It is a technological society. Students need role models of what is right and wrong and how to better advance them in this world. I thought it was funny when he talked about people thinking kids are technology savvy, and he indicates that children aren't born with the knowledge about technology, but they pick up the basics quickly. We need to learn assess critical pieces for the students providing them with the good and bad information that they decipher.
The number one standard on nets for teachers is to facilitate adn inspire studnet learning and creativity, indicating that we as teacher need to promote, support, MODEL, innovative thinking and inventinveness. It also states that we need to MODEL digital-age-work and learning. As teachers we need to be up to date with education yes, but with the world in which we live. We live in a technological word and we would be hindering our students if we don't incorperate technology into our classroom curiculum.

Lets Make a Match

Lets make a match, is on my student activity page, under netsmart kids. This is a site that kids can choose a fun game. The game Lets Make a Match is a fun memory game for the students. It seems like a fun game, but working on memory and cognition is an important skill for these little ones to develop. This would be a great site for parents to allow their children a time for productive play, maybe a substitute for video games!

Bang on the time

Bang on the time is a fun way to practice your knowledge about time. It gives you a time, like twenty until three, you have to wait until the clock reaches that time and hit the bang that time button. If you get it right you get bonus points, if it's close you still get points. The parent or teacher can set the pace the clock moves, so if their child is really fast they can set the clock faster for accuracy. Parents could work with their students at home if they are having truouble telling time, this would be a fun way for the student to practice.

Tina's Make Believe

This is a good link for aiding in the concept of real vs fantasy. The game gives scenarios to the student and has them determine if they are real or make believe. Parents could easily do this with their child if they wanted to help them further in understanding this concept.

Take a deep breath!

First week down and only nine more to go!