PUBLIC MOVES

Time is so powerful: nothing and no one can keep it from coming and passing. And it is all-precious: everything that can happen can happen only in time.
Those wise statements tell you how important time is, particular y to your studies. There seems more and more to do which leads you to think you are “running out of time.” Time runs and no matter what you do, there will always be only 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day and seven days in a week. But stop and take stock of your situation, then ask: do you really not have enough time? Is time really too short for you?
With increasing demands on securing more and better knowledge, resulting in more and more tasks that cry out for attention and completion, , and time never bending or stretching out even a single minute more to accommodate these human endeavours, it will seem so. But in truth, time is a constant. The only thing that has increased and keeps increasing is the overwhelming demand for more of it. Neither will give way, so you must strike out a balance nor manage the only time available for your avalanche of activities.
One thought, though, may bother you. Why is it that you and others like you seem never to have enough time, yet there are many lazybones who loiter and do crazy things because they have “too much time” in their hands? This situation is more than a matter about time. It is about values and self- image. A person who sees value in himself and in his life will also value the time he has. He will spend it usefully and meaningfully. But a person who thinks he is hopeless, unimportant and a liability to society will have much trouble “killing time” because time won’t die. We are all creatures of time who can only use time wisely or waste it. And we are endowed with reason to discover ways of making time an ally, not an enemy. It is a moment-to-moment choice each of us must make.
But no bother. You are of the first type. You are armed with a very commendable objective of studying as effectively as possible. More than that, you are dead-set to get to the top. This is why you need to develop a mastery of time in order to make it work for you in achieving your dream.

There are now many applications in the Education field, from apps that teach times tables, to colors. I use “Preschool Adventure” with my 3 year old son and he loves it. For teaching my daughter Multiplication I use miTables. There are now many more apps for that are equally helpful. As of this writing there is a noticeable gap in Grading software, as well as student management, but we are only a few months into the development of apps. I suspect that it won’t be long before the gaps are filled.
It is obvious that even with the recent price drop it is impractical to order a class set, but in my case I have three computers and groups of four students for centers. I now use my iPod Touch as an additional computer and the students switch which computer activity they use. I also use the calculator on my document projector because it is easier to see than the student calculators. My uses are quickly expanding, and I will likely purchase a separate one with teacher funds to get even more use out of it.