Looking at this photograph from the Reagan Library- Interactive! The Exhibition brings me back to my childhood.   Except for the iron and ironing board, everything in this room can fit onto a smartphone today!   Technology continues to race by.  It is every changing and growing.   Students today don't know any different.   They are the new generation that will always think that the world was filled with technology in their pockets.  In so many ways technology is a gift, a miracle, a game changer in learning/teaching.   I do see that some skills are going away and that raises some concerns for me.  Today in class I had given students construction paper stockings and thick yarn with a needle made from painter's tape wrapped around one end of the yarn.  This is an activity that I haven't done for years, but it used to be a good old stand by years ago.   I was really amazed how difficult it was for students to guide the fluffy yarn into the holes.   Their little hands were shaking as their fine motor skills were not the same as students in the past.   I notice the same issues when it comes to cutting with scissors and penmanship- forming the letters, letters sitting on the line, placement, and size.   All of these skills have become more difficult with each new batch of students.  All I know is that I have to continue to make sure I offer a balance for my firsties.   I need to keep one foot in the past (pencil to paper) and one foot in the now/future (technology).  Education is always changing and moving, just as it should be!