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Perhaps one of the questions that we encounter the most as a school is, “How do you use technology in the classroom?” It’s a fair question. In some schools, tablets are distributed to all students, assessments tests are completed online, students hand in all assignments digitally, and smart-boards don every classroom. Does all of this add up to better education?

The French philosopher, Jacques Ellul, says that we now live in a “Technological Society” devoted to technique. In his own words, “In our technological society, technique is the totality of methods rationally arrived at and having absolute efficiency (for a given stage of development) in every field of human activity.” What this means is that when it comes to judging the good or bad of anything, we evaluated it in terms of efficiency. Whatever is more efficiency is, ipso facto, better. And when it comes to digital advances for educational tools, they have, no doubt, made teaching more efficient. But have they made learning better? In this post, I’d like to explore 3 pros and 3 cons to using technology in education.

Does your child love to compete against others?  Would they rather be involved in music or robotics or art?  If they fall into any of these categories, it’s still important to encourage them to participate in sports.

God has given us all different abilities.  Many times, it’s just a matter of trying different things to see what they can do. The old saying, “you never know until you try” holds true in athletics.  Let your child try different sports so they can discover what abilities God has given them.  Maybe they succeed, maybe they fail but at least they know they tried.  Playing on a team, even if you are just trying it out, teaches so many life lessons. Here are three benefits of letting your child try a sport.

The English word “spoil” is derived from the Latin word spoliare and comes down to English via the Old French word espillier.

Today, we typically apply the word “spoil” to two categories: food and children. What is interesting is that each one “spoils” in opposite ways: food by neglect, children by indulgence. When we ignore and “under-care” for food, it spoils. When we “over-care” for children, they spoil.