50 Years Later, a New ‘Sputnik’ Crisis: The War of Minds: "Their [teenagers] world is one of total interactivity. They’re in constant communication with each other, but when they go to school, they are told to leave those “toys” at home. They’re not to be used in school. Instead, the system continues teaching as if these kids belong to the last century, by standing in front of a blackboard.
Education has not changed, and that’s a problem. It was a good system when I came through, but today’s kids have changed, and that’s the part that educators are not realizing. It’s the kids that have changed, and our education system needs to change along with them.
Again, they are the most technologically savvy group of kids we’ve ever had; we’ve got to take advantage of that."
