Do Gooders

At a conference I attended over the summer, I learned about a site called freerice.com.  This is a site where people can answer some basic knowledge questions in a wide variety of areas.  It has been on my list of suggested sites to check out since the day I found out about it, but nothing has really been done with it.  As I was teaching the group this year how to navigate through the site to find old postings or other sites to visit.  It was during this time that I was reintroduced to freerice and showed the kids how to use it.  Everyone was immediately hooked and in about ten days, as a class, we have already donated over 12,000 grains of rice.  This is a pretty amazing number since you get ten grains for every correct answer you give and the time we have had to spend on the site has been minimal.  While I think it is awesome, to watch the excitement and intensity the kids approach the site with, what has been even more heart warming is that the kids are visiting this site when they have their own choice for computer time.  How cool is that, spending indoor recess doing something to help out someone less fortunate or in need.  Keep up the great work everybody!  Perhaps we can set a goal and a celebration for when we reach one million grains!


Upside down like a gravitron,
Mr. Fletcher