Realisations

So, is this about digital media or is it about the assimilation of any new innovation? How has this happened in the past? Or is it that the landscape of digital media  is something that we've never had to assimilate before in the profession? 

To bring this assignment together, it's about finding a conclusion based on the problem focus, and maybe that's around a number of parts?

Using arguments or research from formal education may not be so helpful because as always in youth work, the element of choice is in operation, Youth workers choose. They decide their programmes and responses with young people and they can also choose NOT to work in a certain way. They can choose not to engage young people in blogging, in campaigning, in collaborating, in researching,  in making relationships with young people from across the world. They can choose to use arguments like young people about young people not wanting them in their world, or young people not needing to be skilled up but aren't they missing the point?

This 'significant and subtle shift' in learning  is the key. My son (11) is now doing his homework in a laptop, being creative when he can't draw, preparing powerpoint presentations to show his peers about our sponsored family in Kenya, editing videos and photos..... This is sophisticated stuff compared to my first year at secondary school!

It goes back to my thoughts about those BA students.....why collages on bits of paper in this day and age??

Howard Rheingold - the way forward?? Let's have a look...