The only television show I watch regularly is Sunday Morning on CBS. It is an eclectic mix of news/variety/arts/politics that I really enjoy. This last Sunday they introduced a new segment about media in the lives of our children. On the cbsnews.com website they called it QUICK DRAW. The title is perfect. As the voice over tells the story, a line drawing emerges to illustrate it. My first thought was of our sketcher Matt; my second thought was of the early cartoonist, Winsor McCay, the one who drew Gertie the Dinosaur.
Basically it showed three generations of a real family and how the explorable world of the average eight-year-old has gone from six to zero miles from home. At first this is only sad as you think of all the obese, housebound children of today. But then they showed the housebound child conversing/playing/learning about friends, family, and places across the globe. But we need to help kids and families find some middle ground, because there really is no substitute for being out in nature, not just viewing it on a screen. I tried to find a link that I could give you so you could watch it, but all I found was this other person's blog about it:I loved the new segment CBS has introduced: QUICK DRAW: Josh Landis and Mitch Butler on the age of anxiety. I will be watching to see if it makes it to YouTube. It was a very good “editorialized cartoon” of how fast things have changed. Children are no longer outdoor children, but indoor children. It reminded me of how many hours I would spend exploring while my parents had no idea or concern as to where I was.
I had to smile when I read "makes it to YouTube." I had never been on YouTube until last September and really resisted going there for Amy's class. I think I had the typical older generation's attitude of "I don't understand it . . . it must be bad." Since September my attitude has changed--there are so many fun, interesting, and just plain cool things on YouTube. I wouldn't have thought to watch for Quick Draw on YouTube, but now I will.
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Glori, I really appreciated your own efforts to become more media literate here. I liked the quote you brought in to support your ideas and your attempts to add technology
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