Saturday, November 12, 2011

POST #1: Big Thinkers: Howard Gardner on Digital Youth

Nowadays, the use of Internet and other technologies is quite popular. People are spending an impressive amount of time online. With the arrival of Internet, it is now easy to have a quick access to almost everything. The use of technologies, especially by kids and teenagers brings ethical challenges.

In the video, Mr. Gardner was talking about his project '' Good Play Project''. This project tries to shed light on the ethical issues related to young people using the Internet. These issues are:

1) Sense of identity
2) Sense of privacy
3) Sense of ownership / authorship
4) Trustworthiness
5) Creability

Also, Mr. Gardner sees teachers as coaches and role model for young people. Teachers are using more and more technologies in their teaching, therefore, their role is evolving gradually.

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