User:Mediamavenuk

I have set up this account to act a resource for the various platforms that either use or consume media in its various forms form [|analogue] through to [|digital]. The aim is to act a central area for any for the various websites and resources that I discover that support or help develop a new understanding.

I feel that media and education are becoming intrinsically linked and along with gaming culture will change the way education will be delivered it. To quote [|Sir Ken Robinson] ″Education does not need a evolution but a revolution″.

The world and educational system that set the boundaries for teaching and learning no longer exists due to technological advances and the the way that media is consumed. There is a widening gulf between what is expected to be learnt and WILL be required. It is the responsibility of current educators to be aware of all new technologies and use them as tools to deliver what the next generation will need to of any value in the world.

We used to be able to predict the future and what skills we be needed but It is now to difficult (if not impossible) to predict what the world will be like in 5 years time.

We must also be very careful that education does not just become knowledge with no depth in other words knowing facts but unable to put in context or worse be able to draw links and make connections for it is only the act of connecting the dots that enables true creativity to take place.