There is a down side to living in a house full of techno-nerds;  as technology moves forward at it’s blinding pace, the gadgets start to accumulate.

We took an old Palm out of our gadget graveyard and put a couple of games on it as a treat and also to help the younger children stop wanting to touch the grown-ups’ toys.  Well, today while teaching Language Arts (his least favorite subject) my son brought the Palm to the table where we study.  I had to step away for a moment and when I came back, he was, of course, not doing his work anymore.  However, he was typing his spelling words on the Palm quite enthusiastically.  What a great way to practice his spelling and reuse an old device that would otherwise be sitting in a drawer!

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