This video shows how our children interact with technology - and have come to expect that kind of interaction! It's no less natural to them to use their technology than it is for us to pick up a pen to write.
Very thought provoking video that makes you question our societal assumptions, our economy, our hidden beliefs and curriculum. What do we really need to teach our children?
I'm still thinking about that UCLA research saying "technology in the classroom damages literacy and critical thinking." I'm still thinking it's behind the times, in its framing of technology as "video games and TV," and its complete omission of the Web and the social media/Web 2.0 explosion over the last five years or so.
This blog post includes a link to great video called "Positively Autistic" that talks about turnign around our thinking - instead of thinking of our "deficits" can we start looking at our "assets" instead? And how does that change our parenting or teaching?
Where do people find the time?
Clay Shirky speaks for about 20 minutes on the societal shift from media consumption to consumption + production + sharing.
Note Giligan's Island & 'Looking for mouse' in part 2