Last week, the “Look Up” video went viral. In the words of the Sydney Morning Herald, it’s a video urging people “to take a break from their online lives to experience real connections.”
This week, the “CNA – Speaking Exchange” video is being shared. It’s a video connecting Brazilian students wanting to improve their English language skills with seniors in the United States living in retirement homes (it reminds me of Sugatra Mitra’s Skype Granny project)
Discuss.
Fatima Bahir
Do we want technology to connect us or disconnect us? It comes to our decisions and our actions.
Craig Howard
To me, both videos simply ask people to use the tools they have a little better than they do. I’m with Kelly to some extent. There’s a lot to be said for teaching digital natives to use the tools better than they do now, or better yet, see through the tools to the affordances you need to accomplish what you want so you simply pick better tools.