Neoteny, one of my favorite words, means the retention of childlike attributes in adulthood: idealism, experimentation and wonder. In this new world, not only must we behave more like children, we also must teach the next generation to retain those attributes that will allow them to be world-changing, innovative adults who will help us reinvent the future.
I think we probably need to start with some of the technology as the medium, but we shouldn’t just stop there, at the what-I-can-do-with-them-stage, but use that as lessons about a broader sense of what’s possible across technology and in our lives in general.
the word literacy is in there intentionally. Again, its not about just a few hard skills, but a broader set of competencies that stitch together for possibility and opportunity