The Question

Technology culture is at the forefront in this society, becoming a necessity. The television is an art form that is very dominant in our culture now, but is often ignored to continue to explore more holistic or “traditional” forms. We have computer screens to see reproductions, but insist on printing them out, we just barely touch on a multicultural curriculum while students are chatting online with people from Bangladesh. Children can’t focus because they can find information instantly with a click of a button, they’ve become used to sensory overload. How can they sit and watch one person for a whole hour when they could be surfing the Internet while watching television? Many educators want to know how to fight this problem, how to contend with the growing phenomenon. Can we change as educators to adapt to these needs? Are we fighting a cultural apocalypse or are we eating the dust of the information speedway?