Teachers lament that the constant stimulation of young brain cells has shortened attention spans.
But some Christian education programs and products a re adapting to the realities of a changing media environment. The church's multimedia lab premiered Easter 1995. A bequest to the Sunday school program made possible the renovation of a room and the purchase of 10 computers, a printer, software, tables and chairs. In preparing the lab, Zion received advice from the Portland Department of Education and Christian Computing magazine. However, Coates says most of the Christian software available wasn't quite suitable.