response to Keynote

[Tawney k]

The video by Don Tapscott is extremely interesting, and placed forward many intriguing ideas and views. Who new that we, the offspring of the baby boomers watch less T.V. then they did? This is quite scary as I always thought that we watched a lot of T.V. as a generation. However watching his video made me realize that we spend more time online than anything else, communicating and collaborating with people from allover at different times of day. Also his idea that we are fast becoming the creators not consumers of media and website accessories. Like youtube for example and wikipedia. This also ties in with my topic-shifting of content production to users. Don Tapscott mentions as well that the technology that his children find so easy to use still sometimes baffles him. He spoke about how if a person was frozen 100 years ago and woken up in this age he would be overwhelmed by all the changes in technology and discoveries in science, however if he had walked into a classroom or lecture hall at a university he would feel at home. This is a hard subject because I feel that the education system I am in is fine, but perhaps adapting lessons or methods of teaching to individuals would increase the rate of learning and GPA’s around the world. Our school Qatar Academy is already in the transition stage of customized education which Don Tapscott is encouraging.