Comments on: CC: New Media in the Everyday Lives of Youth http://msmichetti.edublogs.org/2008/04/10/cc-new-media-in-the-everyday-lives-of-youth/ Good questions outrank easy answers. -Paul A. Samuelson Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:32:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Morten Oddvik http://msmichetti.edublogs.org/2008/04/10/cc-new-media-in-the-everyday-lives-of-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Morten Oddvik Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:50:05 +0000 http://msmichetti.edublogs.org/2008/04/10/cc-new-media-in-the-everyday-lives-of-youth/#comment-3 I haven't read the descriptions of the topics in question, but I agree that the narrowing down to 'hip hop music' is rather strange and typically 'scholars study youth culture'. Your suggestion on having a topic named “Classical Music and Meaning in the Digital Age: from Chopin to Garage Band”? makes much more sense to me. Teenagers and youth are not a homogenic group. They are diverse and their interests span from WoW to ballet and pointilism to Guitar Hero - and this diversity is fascinating and particularly how the media and other 'experts' pick up on trends and try to analyze them. Teenagers have been liable to stigma for ages, and in the 21st century that is definitely contiuing. Perhaps in particular when it comes to digital media. As a teacher I do see that many of my 5th graders do not master the digital skills in spite of them being young, able and exposed to the digital world every day. Their skills are often limited to gaming, simple browsing, chatting and multicommunication. And this is our job as teachers - to fill in that void and help them better understand the digital age - and this task in benefitial for students and educators alike. Enjoy reading your blog! I haven’t read the descriptions of the topics in question, but I agree that the narrowing down to ‘hip hop music’ is rather strange and typically ’scholars study youth culture’. Your suggestion on having a topic named “Classical Music and Meaning in the Digital Age: from Chopin to Garage Band”? makes much more sense to me.

Teenagers and youth are not a homogenic group. They are diverse and their interests span from WoW to ballet and pointilism to Guitar Hero – and this diversity is fascinating and particularly how the media and other ‘experts’ pick up on trends and try to analyze them. Teenagers have been liable to stigma for ages, and in the 21st century that is definitely contiuing. Perhaps in particular when it comes to digital media. As a teacher I do see that many of my 5th graders do not master the digital skills in spite of them being young, able and exposed to the digital world every day. Their skills are often limited to gaming, simple browsing, chatting and multicommunication.

And this is our job as teachers – to fill in that void and help them better understand the digital age – and this task in benefitial for students and educators alike.

Enjoy reading your blog!

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