Obama gets it right, urges kids to be like founders of Google, Twitter and Facebook
September 8, 2009Pete Cashmore at Mashable published a post yesterday that highlighted something very cool about the current President of the United States – his belief in ‘new media’.
As the name of the post suggests “Obama Speech To School Children: Be Like Founders of Google, Twitter and Facebook” this is a snippit from a forthcoming speech meant to inspire and motivate a future generation of leaders, currently grade school kids, in the face of a rapidly changing business and communications landscape.
As a parent, this post really struck a chord with me because it’s the same idea that I have in mind for how I wish to raise and educate my almost 3-year-old son. Thinking differently, observing the world through a different perspective, finding new ways for the basic elements of humanity to come together through the web. The possibilities are limitless if you know how and what to look for. And this speech to America’s grade schoolers is a nationwide step in the right direction.
The inevitable next question now becomes, will our nations school curriculum adjust to teach and foster the principles that will drive the world and world’s economy forward? My son will learn about new media regardless of what the school system teaches, but for the sake of the rest of his peers and the benefit of our nation and world, I hope it does adjust.
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