This week i was invited to present at a high school in the Netherlands on the topic of the Net-generation. The seminar was organized by the commity of parents from that school. This aspect made it quite interesting for me as i am used to present for education/ learning professionals.

Its amazing to notice how committed these parents are with the well being of their kids. There lots of concerns on the use of internet by young people, what i tried to do in this presentation is to give a more positive view on the posiblities that the internet has to offer. I think lots of parents have allready opened their eyes and see that the internet can be a great thing, but are also aware of the risks. Sometime there also might be a gap here into some understandings of the social rules on the Net. Parents just understand things different. I hope that parents will (start) talking with their kids about the use f the internet, so kids can tell their point of view, and parents can tell theirs.

The presentation that was used is embedded below (unfortunately slideshare cant handle al the fonts i've used).

 

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I've also used a movie from the dutch VPRO. Stephen Johnson is interviewed and gives a great view on what would have happened if video games were invented before we used books...:)

you can view it here: