Comments on: Responding to a Few Education Predictions: @Braddo http://chrislott.org/story/responding-to-a-few-education-predictions-braddo/ Musings on education, techology, and life.. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:15:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tangled Rope » Re. Chris Lott's Multitudinousness http://chrislott.org/story/responding-to-a-few-education-predictions-braddo/comment-page-1/#comment-418850 Tangled Rope » Re. Chris Lott's Multitudinousness Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:08:53 +0000 http://chrislott.org/story/responding-to-a-few-education-predictions-braddo/#comment-418850 [...] several ways, I want to be like Chris Lott when I grow up.  I don't know him terribly well–I think we sat at the same dinner [...] [...] several ways, I want to be like Chris Lott when I grow up.  I don't know him terribly well–I think we sat at the same dinner [...]

]]> By: Flexknowlogy – Jared Stein » Weekly Notes for 2010-01-31 http://chrislott.org/story/responding-to-a-few-education-predictions-braddo/comment-page-1/#comment-413575 Flexknowlogy – Jared Stein » Weekly Notes for 2010-01-31 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:04:15 +0000 http://chrislott.org/story/responding-to-a-few-education-predictions-braddo/#comment-413575 [...] will be the next Trapper Keeper." — @fncll http://chrislott.org/story/responding-to-a-few-education-predictions-braddo/ [...] [...] will be the next Trapper Keeper." — @fncll http://chrislott.org/story/responding-to-a-few-education-predictions-braddo/ [...]

]]> By: chris http://chrislott.org/story/responding-to-a-few-education-predictions-braddo/comment-page-1/#comment-413426 chris Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:01:51 +0000 http://chrislott.org/story/responding-to-a-few-education-predictions-braddo/#comment-413426 This has been my vector all along-- I've always maintained that "digital natives" do exist but that it's not an age-based phenomenon. As I've been thinking about it more, though, I realize that they are just like other neglected groups-- and to a large part overlap my other hobby horse under served group-- the significantly creative. This has been my vector all along– I’ve always maintained that “digital natives” do exist but that it’s not an age-based phenomenon. As I’ve been thinking about it more, though, I realize that they are just like other neglected groups– and to a large part overlap my other hobby horse under served group– the significantly creative.

]]> By: Jared Stein http://chrislott.org/story/responding-to-a-few-education-predictions-braddo/comment-page-1/#comment-413395 Jared Stein Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:13:14 +0000 http://chrislott.org/story/responding-to-a-few-education-predictions-braddo/#comment-413395 By differentiating between "digital natives" as encompassing a generation vs. encompassing a group of early adopters or gifted individuals, you have, I think, cut a new path in the conversation, and have shown me that I may have been obtuse in the past for my too-broad disdain for the phrase. Your other points serve to remind me that even though many of these topics/technologies/changes are not new, they are still relevant, and we haven't exhausted the well from which we may drink and then move in new (or old) directions. By differentiating between “digital natives” as encompassing a generation vs. encompassing a group of early adopters or gifted individuals, you have, I think, cut a new path in the conversation, and have shown me that I may have been obtuse in the past for my too-broad disdain for the phrase.

Your other points serve to remind me that even though many of these topics/technologies/changes are not new, they are still relevant, and we haven’t exhausted the well from which we may drink and then move in new (or old) directions.

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