Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Digital Native

I saw something very interesting on TV the other night. A commercial. This precious four year old was taking a picture of her fish with her digital camera. In the span of 30 seconds she took the photo, edited the photo by making the color brighter, and sent it to her mom, dad, and siblings - in the span of 30 seconds. The thought occurred to me how dynamic this was. She doesn’t know anything about teaching to the whole brain, she just knows, "hey I love my fish and I want my family to see this beautiful creature" It was truly natural for her to embrace this method of communication. A far cry from draw your favorite pet. We know she can take a picture, edit it, and sent it via email. What if she can't draw?
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  1. D GreenbergFebruary 25, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    those commercials are brilliant, aren't they?! i have a link to them on my blog if you want to check it out. it seems like you are talking about the way young children use the wonderful gifts of imagination and whole brain learning until "the system" sucks the life out of them and forces them to conform to one way of thinking. a bit sad i realize, but it just seems like we should honor that type of wonder as long as we can and foster it.

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  2. JDMarch 1, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    I agree that it really is a wonder -- how their minds work...so different from ours. I guess they just grow with it and don't have to adapt to it. My neighbor who has a 3 year old son, picks up her i-pod, checks and sees that the battery is low, takes her white cord, turns their PC on and sticks the USB cord to the tower to charge...just like that. So simple and so natural for him!

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