Comments on: Prepare now for the 10,000+ channel future http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/18/prepare-now-for-the-10000-channel-future/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:22:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Anne http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/18/prepare-now-for-the-10000-channel-future/comment-page-1/#comment-37004 Anne Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:39:11 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/18/prepare-now-for-the-10000-channel-future/#comment-37004 I think the EventHD television guy's view on education and techhology is backwards. He's assuming that schools have to teach kids how do use video production equipment. In reality, it seems kids have discovered how to use technology on their own. Many times, kids know more about technology than their teachers and parents do. They are the ones driving the trends in new technology. And they are the ones driving the popularity of youtube and facebook. Schools, however, do play a role in leveling the playing field by teaching kids who don't have the financial resources or the interest in learning technology on their own. Most important, schools have a major role in creating students who think so we don't have a society of passive learners who get swept away by the bells and whistles of technologically sophisticated digitalstorytelling. And rather than trying to catch up with technology, educators would be better off creating students who write well and think about the ethical, commercial, environmental and personal implications of the things they publish online. I think the EventHD television guy’s view on education and techhology is backwards. He’s assuming that schools have to teach kids how do use video production equipment. In reality, it seems kids have discovered how to use technology on their own. Many times, kids know more about technology than their teachers and parents do. They are the ones driving the trends in new technology. And they are the ones driving the popularity of youtube and facebook.

Schools, however, do play a role in leveling the playing field by teaching kids who don’t have the financial resources or the interest in learning technology on their own. Most important, schools have a major role in creating students who think so we don’t have a society of passive learners who get swept away by the bells and whistles of technologically sophisticated digitalstorytelling. And rather than trying to catch up with technology, educators would be better off creating students who write well and think about the ethical, commercial, environmental and personal implications of the things they publish online.

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