I teach Arts & Humanities which means that I teach how the world communicates through art. This is some important stuff folks. Students are learning to communicate, analyze, understand, express and create. This should be some of the most relevant course work they encounter on a daily basis. It should, but when students enter my room they are expected to turn off one of their favortie means of communication and one of their favorite mediums for intaking art… their cellphone and their mp3 player. No wonder they shut down. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the rules behind this, but maybe we’re just a bit scared. What if we embraced these technologies, what could happen? Some schools already do. The video linked below triggered some of these ideas. This video is common sense to those schools already embracing these things and controversial to those that haven’t yet made the leap. What’s your take on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEFKfXiCbLw