The first part of Eric's post really got me thinking. If our generation truly is as stupid and incoherent as Bauerlein believes, is it our fault or our mentors fault? Bauerlein states that it just might be our mentors or teachers fault. In this case, Bauerlein would absolutely hate Ted and everything that he is trying to accomplish with our seminar class. Facebook posts, blog posts, and a wiki would all be truely terrible things to learn according to Bauerlein. I'm not sure about anyone else, but I believe what we are learning in this class will be important for the rest of our lives as technology advances. Yes, we might not be learning about the Civil War or how to pass a calculus test, but we are learning how to survive in TODAY'S world. And as far as skills besides technological and social, thats why I'm also in an English, business, and Phycology class besides our digital seminar class. So while we might not be totally concentrated on the history of the Middle Ages (Which would be extremely valuable information...yeah right) we are helping ourselves prepare for tomorrow.
After a little searching on the web for something to go along with this, I came across a video on Youtube that reports that kids across the UK will now be taught a social media class. It will cover aspects of Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, various blogs, and a number of other technological social skills. The video states that these classes won't be so much for the "social" aspect, as much as it will be for the "communication" aspect. This makes sense to me as communication is being done less and less in person and more and more by technological means. In essence, if a person doesn't learn how to communicate on a computer, they will not be able to survive in today's world.
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