“When I told my daughter that I was going to a presentation on blogs, she said ‘NO! You can’t do blogs in schools! Blogs are OURS!'”
—Barriers to Entry (Weblogg-Ed)
While I still encounter many students who have never heard the word “weblog” before I introduce it in class, I’ve been increasingly encountering students who already use LiveJournal or some other blogging software for social purposes, and who encounter a brief “woah!” moment when they are asked to use a familiar medium in an unfamiliar way.
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Perhaps one day one of my students will write, “When I told my daughter that I was going to a presentation on 3-d holographic tattoos, she said “No! You can’t do holotats in schools! Holotats are ours!”
That’s good that we have another generation exposed early to such a monumental new medium. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy that this medium has sentimental value for this generation, even at an early age.
Somehow, I think that you will eventually have a class that requires minimum instruction about this topic. And eventually, weblogs may become common-knowledge. I wonder, then, what will be next…
I imagine that one day very soon you will have a class where more students than not have used some form of blogging medium… won’t that be cool? ;c)