Girls, Meet the Internet

An internet café recently opened in Santo Tomas. As a part of business class, we decided to take the girls over, and find out some information on the web. This turned into more of a “How to” session. The girls were able to discover how much information is available at the mere click of a mouse. We looked up Peruvian history, United States history, maps, the value of currency, and how some countries are doing in this current “Financial Crisis.” It was incredible to see their eyes wide open, and their minds spinning. Right now, all of the girls want their own, personal, email address, but I think that we will wait and teach them a little more about how the computer and the internet work.

We have two computers here at POPPYS House (without internet, of course), and after playing around with them for a little bit the other day, they now both work. They are not very fast, but they get the job done. One of the computers even has Encarta 2007 (in Spanish). This program is astonishing. There is a plethora of information at the click of a mouse. With school starting now, it is hard to devote time each day to learning about the computers, but this is definitely something that we are going to set in motion for our girls. As long as we have the resources, computer literacy needs to be taught.