Further Proof: the Power of Technology in Education

Browsing through blogs and other educators' websites this week I came across two powerful messages regarding--of all things--texting and video games. 


Yes, you read correctly:  Texting--wait, there's a moral here!

Wow, you think.  Is this another video about teenagers texting while driving?  Texting during class?

Nope.  It's called "Texting that Saves Lives" by social advocate Nancy Lublin

 

Retrieved Oct. 9, 2012 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiUClSItcy0

for more information, visit http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_lublin_texting_that_saves_lives.html

 



Texting is the method of communicating for the younger generation.  Texting has a 100% read rate (Lublin 2012).  As the video points out, every text sent to a young adult will be opened and read. 

Thus, Lublin describes an action plan to help children in all manners of crisis, brought to her attention via texts received to social campaigns within the organization http://www.dosomething.org/

Now major steps are being taken to help children succeed and be healthy in all areas of their lives.
The video really counterbalances some of the negatives heard about texting.

And now for another topic frequently dismissed as having any merit or worth:
Video Games--don't discredit anything yet!
 

Retrieved October 8, 2012 courtesy of Ben Harding and Flickr Creative Commons

 

 

Read this inspiring little "mention" about a boy who has successfully turned his passion into a career:

 

"Nurture Your Kids' Passions, Even if They're Making Pokemon Game Walkthrough Videos"

 

Aww, C'mon!  Tell me you can't support that!

 

 

 

  

References:

Do Something. (2012). Retrieved October 8, 2012 from http://www.dosomething.org/

 

Flickr. (2012). Retrieved October 8, 2012 from
     http://www.flickr.com/photos/38605609@N02/7832821594/
 

McLeod, Scott. (2012). Dangerously Irrelevant. Retrieved October 8, 2012 from
     http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/

 

Shelly, G., Gunter, G., Gunter, R. (2012). Teachers Discovering Computers: Integrating Technology in a Connected World (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology, Cengage Learning.


 

TED Ideas Worth Spreading. (2012). Retrieved October 8, 2012 from
     http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_lublin_texting_that_saves_lives.html

 

You Tube. (2012). Retrieved October 8, 2012 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiUClSItcy0