Pokinitis

After reading Will’s blog titled “Pokinitis” it made me think about how our future students will be producers. During the conversation with his daughter, Will encourages his daughter to use her imagination and turn it into a book. This part of the conversation made me think about Friedman’s discussion of uploading and our students becoming producers instead of information consumers. Will is encouraging his daughter to create and take the reigns of her learning.


This conversations illustrates that teachers must be able to find the aspects of our students lives that are most important to them. Then we must encourage them to use those things that they love to inspire them to create. At the end of the conversation, Will tells his daughter that she “could write it, draw the pictures for it, and then when it’s all done, we could make a movie of it with you reading it so other kids could even listen to it.” Will’s daughter will not only be able to have her book illustrated and published; she will be able to create a movie and post it on the internet so millions of people can see her work. As teachers, we must realize that the composing process has advanced. It is no longer acceptable or beneficial to have our students simply read their papers in front of their classmates. Our students must learn to create movies and podcasts, so they can reach a larger population of people.