http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2009/05/08/mothers-day-tech-help-the-ultimate-gift/ A teacher-to-go blogs about teaching, technology, and education in general Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:55:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2009/05/08/mothers-day-tech-help-the-ultimate-gift/#comment-3904 Christine Chana Mon, 11 May 2009 02:27:33 +0000 http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2009/05/08/mothers-day-tech-help-the-ultimate-gift/#comment-3904 Adults must become as tech savvy as our children. This suggestion is a way to spend quality time with young people. As a mom, I received an hour's Mac tutoring from my 12 year old son. As I have become a PC person over the years, the refresher session taught me the shortcuts and "Apple" functions I had forgotten. As an educator, this also gives me an advantage when the PC computer lab at our school is booked I can flex over to the available Mac lab and execute computer based lessons and projects now. Adults must become as tech savvy as our children. This suggestion is a way to spend quality time with young people. As a mom, I received an hour’s Mac tutoring from my 12 year old son. As I have become a PC person over the years, the refresher session taught me the shortcuts and “Apple” functions I had forgotten. As an educator, this also gives me an advantage when the PC computer lab at our school is booked I can flex over to the available Mac lab and execute computer based lessons and projects now.

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