Comments on: How Young Is Too Young to Blog?

By: firefox dawnload

firefox dawnload — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:59:19 +0000

wow! im happy for them and envious at the same time. how i wish this technology and learning was available to us decades ago. heheh ahead of my time, eh.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:36:04 +0000

Blogging is a great tool for kids. My 3 year old has had a private blog since before he was born, since we live 1500 miles away from most of our relatives. Originally, I updated it, but in the last six months or so, he’s been doing some of the updates as a vlog. He really enjoys making the videos. I suspect in a couple of years that he may completely take it over.

I think it’s really strengthened his communication skills and sparked an interest in reading and writing. He likes writing his own comments now, and it might take him 20 minutes to type out a short one, but I think it helped him make the conceptual leap that letters make words. Obviously, there’s still quite a bit of “Mama, how do you type this?”, but he can spell about 15 words on his own now.

By: David LaFerney

David LaFerney — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:22:23 +0000

Workforce veterans (AKA Old People) who don’t acquire continuing education in emerging technologies have been prone to become obsolete in any age of history.

The ones of us who do keep up have experience and maturity on our sides.

By: amypalko

amypalko — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:39:31 +0000

As home educator to my 3 kids, I think it is essential that I teach my kids the rudiments of online technology. They have a blog that all three contribute to, and they regularly conduct research via the net. They know how to upload to Flickr and how to make a voicethread. I’m more wary, however, of social networking at this point in time, but I’m sure that this will be something we tackle as they grow up. The internet is such an important component of contemporary life, and I only see it gaining in importance in the future. Not to train our children how to use it to their best advantage would be greatly remiss.

By: Evan Meagher

Evan Meagher — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:56:11 +0000

It’s always a good thing when kids are taught to become more familiar with modern technology. In high school, my sophomore english teacher had the class write responses to stuff on a class blog, and everyone at least feigned interest in posting things and having their views seen by all.

As for future kids leaving high school with Photoshop/Final Cut skills, I very much doubt this will have much, if any, affect on the design world. It’s like saying that kids who take geography in their social science class are going to usurp the jobs of today’s cartographers. Sure, they’ll have passing knowledge of how to make stuff look cool with filters, but that doesn’t mean they’ll have the interest or determination to take a shot at professional design.

By: Hafiz Dhanani

Hafiz Dhanani — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:41:00 +0000

Whoa. As young as three? This is an interesting development.

By: Hafiz Dhanani

Hafiz Dhanani — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:40:03 +0000

Whoa. As young as three? This an interesting development.