Once a year, techys from around the world descend upon
I will be talking a lot about the CES show this week on my blog as technology has entered childhood in a big way and impacts the way children play today. I’ve attended this event a number of times, weaving down The Strip dodging inebriated conventioneers and fighting the crowds around the booths featuring the newest technology or the most outlandish design (complete indoor ice skating rinks, full on stage productions and elaborate costumes are not unheard of).
Retailers and manufacturers gather in
To give you some perspective on this show, It was here that the world learned about The Commodore 64 computer in 1982. In 1981 the compact disc player was introduced, and in 1996, the DVD player. In 1985, the Nintendo game system was introduced and in 2001 the X-box. Gives you an idea of how this show has changed over the years.
While the masses are focused on the keynote speech given by Bill Gates (his last, so he says) I will be focusing on The Sandbox Summit, a day long event billed as: A play date with technology.
The Sandbox
This is of course of interest not only to those who create technology based toys but to parents, educators, teachers and child development specialists. The Parent’s Choice Awards will be hosting a conference on The New Frontier in Play and has this to say:
So, I too will be taking a look at some of the latest and greatest technology out there for kids and sharing my opinion – stay tuned….
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It's so weird to me that we feel the need to "make our kids smarter, faster, earlier" at all. I guess it's just part and parcel of our sped-up culture.
I'm reading a book by a man who grew up in Africa in the early 20th century, and the wise people around him all prized deliberation and taking time to let things develop properly. The author certainly grew up with quite a lot of self-assurance, and the ability to not only "think outside the box" but not even put the box there in the first place!
Agree,henitsirk, w/your comment, and in fact, just wrote a post about kids "thinking outside the box" in terms of all screens, all media, to regenerate innovation back to the core concept of creativity and self-directed thought rather than guided/prompted "sheeple" societies that we're creating w/the latest 'thang.'
That said, I'm an internet media junky in terms of finding discourse, so am thrilled to find you, MC...yay...
In fact, if we could content swap it would be even better, as I couldn't make it to CES and have been hoping a like-minded "correspondent" would be there to cover it for Shaping Youth!
Say hi to Pat A. from American Univ. who is moderating one of the digital panels on fair use and such (w/Yahoo Music, etc. too, I believe?)
Lots shakin' there that I want to keep an eye on for our audience, so ping me if you'd like to crosspost as 'guest commentary' on Shaping Youth too, ok?
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