Our Presbyterian resource providers, along with Augsburg, Cokesbury and the like are all financially strapped and distracted by titanic curriculum struggles. Providentially, the winds of change are not so encumbered. Pastors who lament the state of Bible literacy and general apathy for learning among the young in their congregations are finding a friend in the Bible Computer Lab. Pastors see improvement, kids are happy and proud of what they can remember, parents are amazed and supportive. We ignore these tools not only at the risk of irrelevance, but at the loss of a wonderful opportunity.
Computers are excellent tools for teaching Bible stories.
Like the stories they teach, computers have the potential to vividly stir the imagination. Bible stories taught and reinforced with computer software not only attract students in droves, but take advantage of the mind's capacity and thirst for multi-sensory input. Computer quiz games with the option of inputting previously taught lesson material allow us to test for comprehension and reinforce memory over the long haul. With computers, memory verse work is also back in the realm of possibility. They can with a computer and they enjoy it.