Apr
14
Written by:
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4/14/2009 7:00 AM
I remember when my father got his first computer. Today that computer would be rejected for being too slow, having too little memory and not having a color monitor. But at the time, it was a momentous occasion! We’d never had a computer in our house before.
My children will have no such memory. They, like their peers, the children of the electronic age, have grown up with computers – at school, in the grocery check-out lane, and at home. These children are comfortable and familiar with technology. For this generation, computers are an integral part of how they learn and experience the world.
Which of the following scenarios describes your church?
- You are fortunate enough to have a computer lab and regular utilize it as part of your Sunday School program.
- You do not have computers at your church, but recognize that many of your members have access to them at home, so you recommend and sometimes provide Christian software.
- The use of computers in your Christian Education program is currently under discussion.
- Your congregation is reluctant to embrace the use of technology in Christian Education.
Regardless of where you find yourself on this journey, I recommend that you check out Neil MacQueen’s website, Sunday Software. Here you will find:
- Articles discussing the Why and How of starting a Bible computer lab
- Teaching Tips
- Recommendations and descriptions of a variety of computer games
- The “No List” – This list of computer games that are not recommended and why is as informative as those that are recommended and makes for interesting reading
- And more…
Whether or not we are comfortable using technology, our children and youth are.
~Sally Hoelscher