[wanabidii] Re: [Wanazuoni] Young digital makers

I do appreciate this type of knowledge sharing where we are introduced to recent relevant literature and the links for access. However, I hope we can utilise this  platform more for exchange of views about topical issues including those that feature in recent publications. Sometimes we do not all of us have to have read or need to read some of such publications! But I believe that we are well placed and exposed enough intellectually to interrogate different ideas that feature on this platform. Put it differently, let us not turn this platform into some kind of a digital library of sorts. I say this with much respect to fellow Wanazuoni.

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On Apr 29, 2015, at 9:44 AM, Yona Maro oldmoshi@gmail.com [Wanazuoni] <Wanazuoni@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

This report explores the emerging field of digital making for young people in the UK. It charts the organisations providing opportunities for young people to make things with technology; looks at how these opportunities relate to what young people learn in school; and explores the attitudes of young people, parents and teachers towards digital making.

For most young people digital technology is an everyday part of life. Many are avid consumers of digital media. However they often don't understand how to manipulate the underlying technology, let alone how to create it for themselves.

As technology shapes our world, young people need to be able to shape it too. As skills and work become increasingly technologically mediated, the need for digital skills is paramount with some calculating a potential £2 billion loss to the UK economy from unfilled roles requiring such skills.

Link:http://www.nesta.org.uk/sites/default/files/young-digital-makers-march-2015.pdf

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Posted by: Yona Maro <oldmoshi@gmail.com>

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