osowskip's blog

In my dreams I don't give myself myriad superpowers, but defying the rules of gravity ranks the highest. This isn't just about flight. That's hardly a superpower. Before the Wright brothers it probably was; today the concept of flight does not awe and inspire. Soon the prophecy of The Jetsons will come true and we will have our own individual jet packs. But the ability to defy gravity and just hover remains a true superpower. I can rise above; I can become "more." I can remove myself from that which is troublesome.

 Wesch just completely highlighted thoughts I have been having yesterday about the lack of education to react to innovation. The world is changing around us and this is clearly changing the way that kids think, learn, and process the world around us. Yet so many educators are willing to continue with the procedures and methods that may or may not have been effective in the dawn of the Industrial Age (or even earlier). We are no longer a place to create good factory workers, but yet we continue to use bells to tell our "workers" when they should move to a different place on the assembly line. Things need to change and Wesch gave us the opportunity to see how that change may look.