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How Well Do You Know Today's Kids? Take This Quiz to Find Out

9:38 AM  Dale Hudson  



How well do you know today's kids?

Take this quiz to find out.  Choose the answer that today's kids would choose.  You can see the answers below.

Quiz
1. What is a tablet?
  • pill you take in the morning
  • electronic handheld device
2. Wiki?
  • cooperative web app
  • shuttle bus in Hawaii
3. What is a phone?
  • device that has a long, coiled wire that you wrap around your arm while talking
  • device you carry in your pocket
4. History?
  • subject in school
  • TV channel
5. GaGa?
  • singer
  • baby talk
6. Amazon?
  • river in South America
  • online store
7. Who is the green giant?
  • big guy who picks vegetables
  • Shrek
8. Madden?
  • video game
  • super bowl winning coach
9. What is mail?
  • something that comes to your inbox
  • something that comes to your mailbox
10. Cut and paste?
  • something you do with scissors and glue
  • something you do on your computer
11. Wire-rimmed glasses?
  • Harry Potter
  • John Lennon
12. When can you see cartoons?
  • Saturday morning
  • 24/7
13. Who is the star of Twilight?
  • Rod Sterling
  • vampires
14. Who is Barney?
  • Andy's assistant
  • purple dinosaur
15. Basketball star?
  • Michael
  • Lebron
16. Music?
  • CD
  • download
17. How do you get directions?
  • Google maps
  • map book
18. School blackboard?
  • smart
  • chalk
19. Taking pictures?
  • camera
  • cell phone
20. What is plasma?
  • type of TV
  • bodily fluid
Answers
1. A tablet is a handheld electronic device.
2. Wiki is a cooperative web app.
3. Phone is a device you carry in your pocket.
4. History is a TV channel.
5. GaGa is a singer.
6. Amazon is an online store.
7. Shrek is a green giant.
8. Madden is a video game.
9. Mail is something that comes to your inbox.
10. Cut and paste is something you do on your computer.
11. Harry Potter wears wire-rimmed glasses.
12. Cartoons are available 24/7.
13. Vampires are the stars of Twilight.
14. Barney is a purple dinosaur.
15. Lebron is a basketball star.
16. Music is downloaded.
17. You can use Google maps to get directions.
18. A blackboard at school is smart.
19. You take pictures with your cell phone.
20 Plasma is a type of TV.

How'd you do?  It's vital that we stay connected to the world of the kids God has called us to reach.  Just as a missionary to another country studies and learns the culture of the people group he is trying to reach, so we should be doing the same with the kids God has called us to reach.
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20 Things You Need to Know About Today's Kids

5:34 AM  Dale Hudson  

  1. They share information.  They are growing up with the electronic cut and paste and forward.
  2. They are multi-ethnic.  By 2050, there will not be a majority ethnic group in the United States.
  3. GM means food that is Genetically Modified.
  4.  “Dude” has never had a negative tone.
  5. Having a chat seldom involves talking.
  6. Gaga has never been baby talk.
  7. Their rites of passage have more to do with having their own cell phone and Twitter accounts than with getting a driver’s license and car.
  8. A tablet is not something you take in the morning.
  9. Plasma has never been just a bodily fluid.
  10. With GPS, they don't needed directions to get someplace, just an address.
  11. Their favorite feature films have always been largely, if not totally, computer generated.
  12. A Wiki has always been a cooperative web application rather than a shuttle bus in Hawaii.
  13. They have always been able to plug into USB ports.
  14. They absorb teaching methods that involve small-group collaborative learning rather than a passive listen-and-take-notes lecture.
  15. On average, at age 4, they will ask about 437 questions a day.
  16. They never twisted the coiled handset wire aimlessly around their wrists while chatting on the phone.
  17. Unless they found one in their grandparents’ closet, they have never seen a carousel of Kodachrome slides.
  18. They've always had hundreds of cable channels to choose from.
  19. Video games have always had ratings.
  20. History has always had it's own channel.
Your turn.  What are some other interesting things about today's kids?  Share your thoughts with us in the comment section below.
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What You Need to Know About the Rise of Tablets for Kids

6:11 AM  Unknown  


The number of kids using tablets is on the rise.  A study shows that 44% of children wanted an iPad this past Christmas compared to 31% in 2010.


Sales are forecast to be nearly 250% higher this year than the 18 million tablets sold last year.  PC sales, meanwhile, will increase by an anemic 3%.  A new survey from the nonprofit group, Common Sense Media, finds nearly half of 2 to 4 year olds, and 10 percent of children younger than that, have used a smartphone, tablet or video iPod.

Tablets have become a communal item among families.  One-third of parents share their tablet with their kids.  65% of mothers regularly let their children use their tablet.  In many instances, parents are handing the tablet to their child to keep them occupied while they are shopping, waiting in line, in the car, or at a sibling's soccer game. 

Educational leaders are recognizing the potential of tablets being used in education.  Apple recently announced that it is targeting its products for classrooms.  Many teachers are already using tablets to engage students and make learning more fun.  Valerie Nash, the Director of the Peoria Unified School Distict says,"the power of having that in the classroom is that it’s a tool for learning."  A tablet called the Nabi is linked to 33,000 educational and kid-friendly websites.  Here's a couple of examples.


              video platform   video management   video solutions   video player

Online safety is a concern.  With most tablets comes direct access to the internet.  Not the most ideal place for a child to hang out if it is not filtered.  Companies such as Fuhu, Fooz, and Playrific have developed apps that parents can install to protect their children while they are using tablets.

So what does this mean for Children's Ministry?
  • Should we be developing apps for tablets that teach kids God's Word?
  • How can we equip parents to use tablets as a discipleship tool for their children?
  • Do you think the Bible on tablet will eventually replace the Bible on paper?
  • How can we make tablets a creative, interactive teaching element in our classrooms at church?

Would enjoy seeing your thoughts in the comment section below.

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