June 9, 2009

Technology as a Learning Tool

My two-year old son is a fast learner. Thanks to technology. On a daily basis he would toy with my cellular phone and the computer often playing games and exploring many other stuffs.

He learned the alphabet and other kiddie songs through YouTube. Now that he is able to distinguish letters, there came an idea on how I should teach him to spell his name. While playing one of the games installed, the requirement to start the said game is to enter the player name.
I would dictate each letter, "S", "H", "A", "W" and "N" whereby he would correctly key in each character. After which, to have the game started, I would command him to press the Enter key. So there goes, after a few games he is now able to spell his name by heart.

Testing his memory one day, I asked him to spell his name.

With pride, he said, "S", "H", "A", "W", "N", "ENTER".

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