It was awesome to see young kids interacting so competently with the technologies we were introduced to in our teenage and adult years and are still working to master. I wonder how much of what we saw in the documentary was sincere engagement with the learning experience, and how much was selectively shown to support the film's point of view. (Maybe that's a little cynical.) Still, it's hard to imagine kids wouldn't prefer designing a video game to busywork math assignments. And it's hard to deny the problem-solving implications.
What I absorbed most was the idea of educating 21st century problem-solvers versus future factory workers and menial laborers. Our educational model does seem awfully outdated now. I know budgets for school districts are always a huge issue, and most parents and school boards are pretty traditionalist when it comes to the curriculum. It's probably hard to be innovative and flexible unless you have large-scale cooperation from those forces. I look forward to watching the rest of the documentary and hearing the response from other students.
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