1. …The Children of the
(Digital) Revolution*
*You Can’t Fool…
Jason CranfordTeague
jasonspeaking.com
me@jasonspeaking.com
@jasonspeaking
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4. Who do you trust?
How do you learn?
Where are you going?
5. "My main theme is the extension of the nervous
system in the electric age, and thus, the complete
break with five thousand years of mechanical
technology. This I state over and over again. I do
not say whether it is a good or bad thing. To do
so would be meaningless and arrogant."
Marshal McLuhan
letter to Robert Fulford, 1964
6. "I beat my machine
it's a part of me it's inside of me…"
Nine Inch Nails
The Becoming
11. "The student of media soon comes to expect the
new media of any period to be classed as
pseudo by those who acquired the patterns of
earlier media, whatever they may happen to be"
Marshal McLuhan
Understanding Media, 1964
12. "I’m a 21st Century digital boy
I don't know how to read
But I've got a lot of toys."
Bad Religion
21st Century (Digital Boy)
29. Teens and Technology 2013.
Pew Internet & American Life Project, 13 March 2013
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-and-Tech.aspx
~30% it’s their computer
93% of teens (12–17)
Home Computer
32. 95% of teens (12–17)
81% of adults (30–65)
Internet Usage
Teens and Technology 2013.
Pew Internet & American Life Project, 13 March 2013
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-and-Tech.aspx
95% of “adults” (18–29)
52% of adults (65+)
34. Teens and Technology 2013.
Pew Internet & American Life Project, 13 March 2013
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-and-Tech.aspx
~50% Have Smart Phones
~25% Have Tablets
78% of teens (12–17)
Mobile Phone
35. Who do you trust?
How do you learn?
Where are you going?
37. "The brain evolved to do one thing: to take what
is uncertain and make it certain."
Beau Lotto
The Infinite Monkey Cage: Perception (25 November 2013)
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40. "And the irony in all this is that that democratized
media will eventually force all of us to become
amateur critics and editors ourselves. With more
and more of the information online unedited,
unverified, and unsubstantiated, we will have no
choice but to read everything with a skeptical
eye."
GOOD!
Andrew Keen
The Cult of the Amateur, 2007
47. One Third of 12–15 year olds
believe that if a search engine lists
information then it must be truthful…
Truth, Lies and the Internet
demos.co.uk
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcpl/5104874389
48. …15 per cent don’t consider the veracity
of results but just visit the sites they ‘like
the look of’.
Truth, Lies and the Internet
demos.co.uk
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcpl/5104874389
54. “In the emerging, highly programmed landscape
ahead, you will either create the software or you
will be the software. It’s really that simple:
Program, or be programmed. ”
Douglas Rushkoff
Program or be Programmed, 2010
60. 96 percent agree digital technologies
allow students to share their work with
a wider and more varied audience.
The Impact of Digital Tools on Student Writing and How Writing is Taught in Schools
Pew Internet & American Life Project, 16 July 2013
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teachers-technology-and-writing.aspx
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcpl/5104874389
61. 79 percent agree that digital tools
“encourage greater collaboration
among students”
The Impact of Digital Tools on Student Writing and How Writing is Taught in Schools
Pew Internet & American Life Project, 16 July 2013
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teachers-technology-and-writing.aspx
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcpl/5104874389
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66. I Learn Through Creation and
Sharing
I want to feel in control of my
surroundings and collaborate on my
work.
68. "Right now, the cultural shifts, the legal battles,
and the economic consolidations that are fueling
media convergence are preceding shifts in the
technological infrastructure. How those various
transitions unfold will determine the balance of
power in the next media era."
Henry Jenkins
Convergence Culture, 2007
71. ~25% primarily on mobile
Teens and Technology 2013.
Pew Internet & American Life Project, 13 March 2013
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-and-Tech.aspx
75% on mobile
How Teens Access
72. 37% on smart phone
~50% primarily on smartphone
Teens and Technology 2013.
Pew Internet & American Life Project, 13 March 2013
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-and-Tech.aspx
How Teens Access
81. Who do you trust?
I Trust Sincerity.
How do you learn?
I learn through creation and sharing.
Where are you going?
My information is ubiquitous.
82. "Every kid knows jobs are finished; role-playing has taken
over; the job is a passé entity. The job belonged to the
specialist. The kids know that they no longer live in a
specialist world; you cannot have a goal today. You
cannot say, ‘I'm going to start here and I'm going to
work for the next three years and I'm going to go all that
distance.’ Every kid knows that within three years,
everything will have changed — including himself and the
goal."
Marshal McLuhan
with A.F. Knowles, 1971