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Old Sep 29th, 2007, 21:59
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Re: Kids and technology

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Originally Posted by VanessaJW View Post
My 8 year old daughter came home from school yesterday and said that the class had been split into pairs, and each pair had to put together a Powerpoint presentation about a children's author of their choice to present to the rest of the class. So they have to do their own research on the internet to get info on the author, create a Powerpoint presentation and present to the class - 8 years old!!! It's not like she goes to some school for geniuses, it's a normal every day school.
WOW....when I was at college and that was only a couple of years ago, some of the class didn't know how to make a presentation using Powerpoint so I don't know how the hell they expect 8 years olds to do it