Growing up Digital - John Seely Brown

This article starts with a brief history of how electricity was first produced and it's subsequent impact on the world and the change that took place as a result. This links well to the following discussion about the World Wide Web and its impact on the world. Of particular relevance in this article is the reality that although with the web we are already able to email, find info and shop, what we will be able to do using the web in future, is inconceivable. This has a clear impact the education and the best way of planning and assessing learning activities now and in the future.

Through the learning possibilities presented by the world wide web, we are able develop a much more interactive role in learning, which has not always been an option in the past. The ability with which people are able to come together from all over the world is noted, for a range of reasons, from mentoring through to providing help and guidance to young learners.

There are a number of positive implications for learners: their increasing ability to multitask, learning how to navigate their way through different forms of multi media and to develop knowledge through working together.