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an ongoing study that explores the ways in which young people’s use of social-networking sites, blogging, online games, and other forms of digital media are shaping their “ethical minds” in that realm.

Why are the skills listed in the Framework for 21st Century Learning necessary? Which skills are most important? What can be done to help schools include these skills in their curriculum and instruction?

Because the most powerful technology in the classroom was, is and will remain...a classroom teacher. But not just any classroom teacher - it has to be a classroom teacher with a love of learning, an appreciation of the aesthetic, the esoteric, the ethical, and the moral - a teacher who understands Bloom and Gardner - who understands how different students learn at different stages of their lives.

Every generation since the time of Socrates and Plato, including our parents, has looked at the next generation - including us - and said, what’s wrong with those kids? There’s nothing wrong with these kids. They’re just different – neurologically different – that’s why they see the world differently – they engage with the world differently.