I had the opportunity today to preview the show online. This one will be
controversial, ya'll, and I'd love to start a discussion here. Watch
it, because you will most certainly be called upon for an opinion by
parents and administrators...
From PBS email:
Last March, we launched a Web site to start a conversation about how digital technology is changing almost every aspect of modern culture - from how we think and learn to how we build relationships and even conduct warfare. We asked for your feedback, and you shared your stories that helped to shape our 90-minute documentary which airs Tuesday, February 2, at 9pm ET on PBS (check local listings).
This program is guaranteed to make you think, to question your understanding
of and use of technology, and to cause a big stir in educational
technology. Very well done, I initially report. Controversial? You bet.
I had seen some of it early on, and we hosted a presentation by the
producers--thanks to ISTE member and colleague Malinda McCormick--at
the Second Life Playground at NECC09 in Washington, DC last summer. But
watching the show in its finished format is even more powerful,
incredibly so. What is your response? What does this mean to our work?
I'll ask you the same thing I would ask any of my students: What are
the creators of this media intending to communicate? Share here.