Good use of ICT's

Computer technology is a day to day reality and children have to comfortably and competently utilize more than gaming and chat sites. Presuming to teach children skills beyond where they are in any subject, following the adage of 'start where they are' still applies. Know what they are already doing online and build from that. For example having each child blog on the pros and cons of their favourite gaming system requires the same skills as the pros and cons of another subject. The cognitive task is structurally the same, though possibly better received by the students. In my French as a second language class the grade four students are to learn the French names of common farm animals and a good use of ICTs is to have them research the French sound the animals make, as it is not the same as English or Spanish animals. Having the students create a slide to contribute to a class slide show on the names, appearance and sounds of animals in French is also a good use of ICT curriculum. In this case where memorization is important even a drills program would be alright, though I normally would not suggest that as a good use of ICT programming. I am struggling to come up with a good effort but bad idea for programming beyond the obvious of questionable chat rooms, open and free surfing online and the like. I suppose unsupervised blogging could get mighty ugly too. So many positive options to choose from so I hope the ICT curriculum is put to exemplary use.