C4T # 3

The Thinking Stick
Jeff Utecht talked about how he had to do a speech to kids 15-18 years old about technology. He said that most adults would talk about the dangers of sexting and insist students get online less often. He thinks that this is definitely not the way to go about this opportunity. Instead it is an opportunity to teach children that they have a power given to them to change the world with a few clicks of a mouse. The only problem is that older generations are afraid of this power and they aren't teaching us how to properly use it.

I commented saying I thought the way he was planning on talking to these kids would be the most beneficial way. As a "kid" in this generation I know how misguided some children are and in a technological world that has such a big impact it is imperative that we are taught how to utilize this power to our full potential.

In his second post I read, he wrote a story that, when I first read it, I thought it was a made up story. Turns out it is actually the story of him and two friends. One who is still his best friend, they played baseball together, and the other who is now his wife. I thought it was really neat that he was willing to share this with the internet. He talked about how they used to say they would live in Seattle one day, the three of them. I think it is amazing that all three of them actually live there now and his friend lives not in his condo with his wife, but just a few blocks down.

I commented saying that I thought it was cool that he didn't start out the story saying it was his own personal experience. He posted pictures in his post and they had captions underneath them. I have no idea how to do this, as easy as it may actually be, so I asked him. I hope he responds back so that I too can put awesome captions under my pictures!