Technology: Last week on the Today Show they had a moving thru the decades series 50-60-70-80-90. It was amazing to think of the changes with computers/internet over the last ten years. Telephones--Get Smart had the "first" cell phone--then to the real world with bag phones and now to phones that allow you to do any and everything. I sometimes feel that we have let technology take over--and I believe that it takes away the personal--creativity--exercise, age appropriate learning for kids today. I know we have to keep up with the Jones', however, obese potato couch kids, kids publishing inappropriate pictures on FaceBook/YouTube etc. is over the top. Where are the parents??

Teaching the students how to access sites for research papers--posting entries to blackboards for teachers--the distance learning applications are important. It is important that our youth are able to compete at the college level and have the knowhow to use the technology. It's unbelievable how much information is at our fingertips (as long as the internet is up and running--nothing is knocked out by ice storms) and it is used wisely. Most of the kids using the computer at the library are checking emails/facebooks and playing games--I don't know if they use it for the learning. I am a firm believer that "work" computers should be used for office use only and not personal.


News publications can be read on-line/TV shows can be viewed it is truly amazing.