Official Start Time: 10:30 p.m.
Date: 7/5/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.
Today I found myself lost in the idea of media-based outlets and how they function in the 21st century.
We all know that today blogging, collaborating, and sharing are second languages to today’s digital natives. These media-based outlets provide room for expression and creativity that many times has little or no cost. There impact however is huge as many levels of big business are stepping away from advertising on TV, to advertising on the Internet as more people are spending time online and away from their televisions.
Even regular individuals are stepping into this game: making money through sponsors, partnerships, and ingenuity that can only exist in this age of digital information. The compilation of these media-based outlets is where books like “The World is Flat” and “5 Minds for the Future” make me question if we’re what were doing is only a waste of time as global competition seems to reshape the Earth.
In many ways, this battle has always existed and will forever exist as long there is greed and reason to push forward. The Internet and 21st century technology has made this point strikingly clear across the globe, as the same connectivity that has allowed to share, collaborate, and create will one day be the fall of our nation.
Rigorous studying habits is one thing, but I feel that media-based outlets like YouTube are just as valid as the fight for tomorrow’s workforce as today’s students enter a world whose distinguishing features are always changing due to the ingenuity and determination that could only exist in the 21st century. Preparing them for any other world would just be utter chaos.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
Date: 7/5/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.
Today I found myself lost in the idea of media-based outlets and how they function in the 21st century.
We all know that today blogging, collaborating, and sharing are second languages to today’s digital natives. These media-based outlets provide room for expression and creativity that many times has little or no cost. There impact however is huge as many levels of big business are stepping away from advertising on TV, to advertising on the Internet as more people are spending time online and away from their televisions.
Even regular individuals are stepping into this game: making money through sponsors, partnerships, and ingenuity that can only exist in this age of digital information. The compilation of these media-based outlets is where books like “The World is Flat” and “5 Minds for the Future” make me question if we’re what were doing is only a waste of time as global competition seems to reshape the Earth.
In many ways, this battle has always existed and will forever exist as long there is greed and reason to push forward. The Internet and 21st century technology has made this point strikingly clear across the globe, as the same connectivity that has allowed to share, collaborate, and create will one day be the fall of our nation.
Rigorous studying habits is one thing, but I feel that media-based outlets like YouTube are just as valid as the fight for tomorrow’s workforce as today’s students enter a world whose distinguishing features are always changing due to the ingenuity and determination that could only exist in the 21st century. Preparing them for any other world would just be utter chaos.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
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