Social media to be taught in primary schools

The Guardian revealed proposals today that social media such as Twitter and blogging should be taught in primary schools. The plans have been drawn up by Sir Jim Rose, a former Ofsted chief, and are quite an interesting idea.

I say this more because a lot of new media thinkers seem to be suggesting more and more that the journalists role in the future will be as a facilitator rather than a writer. If this is to be the case then the transfer of the journalist to the classroom could be a very interesting step in furthering this evolution. It also comes at a very interesting time as many journalists are losing jobs. Whether the idea of teaching 4-11 year-olds the in and outs of twitter, podcasts and blogging would be an attractive switch I remain unsure.