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.
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I'm not sure - perhaps it will be one of those things that they get taught but then don't really utilise to its full potential. I don't know if school age is maybe too young to appreciate the power of social networking really, especially as it's taking everyone else (including me!) a while to get their heads round it.
I see your point but I was more thinking the journalist in the facilitator role rather than Social networking. I think you are probably right on the social networking front, although you could argue that maybe young children are already social networking on Facebook.
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