… so says the guy addicted to the Blackberry.

*goes back to playing Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey*

What the folks in DC don’t like is that in the good old days they didn’t have to worry about kids fact checking everything they said.

DAMN That Internet!

““All of this is not only putting new pressures on you, it is putting new pressures on our country and on our democracy.”

Yeah Barry, that “information” thing’s a real danger. The gist of his message? I’ll let ya know what ya need to ya know.

Hope-n-change.

Wow..the jug eared idiot is really losing it.

Obama attacking the game industry…oh-oh…I hope he’s not setting the stage to cap and tax that industry as his next target…

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/10/polgames.html

a distraction from what? the propaganda being taught in the universities?

His speech sounds rather shallow and silly, a “lecture” in the patronizing sense of the word. And of course he had to play the race card, too. He’s purported to be smart but doesn’t come across that way. An empty suit, a brand-name, the new Coke, put out there and pushed by the corporatists and the media.

How come none of his usual Disciples are here on this post defending their Messiah?? Must be when he does something like this (undeniably stupid & naive comments) even they can’t defend him??

So, just as soon as we made Obama look ridiculous for always ‘blaming Bush’ for troubles of his own making, he goes and decides to blame kids’ toys. Yes, this strategy sounds like a winner. Bobbie Gibbs is tossing and turning in bed tonight, wondering how he’s going to sell THIS nonsense to a media corpse (hey…he started it) that isn’t buying it any more.

“How come none of his usual Disciples are here on this post defending their Messiah?? Must be when he does something like this (undeniably stupid & naive comments) even they can’t defend him??”

Idiot above obviously did not read the first post, despite posting third. Also does not notice the massive time separation between posts indicating not many people care to begin with, seriously, 10 posts in 4 hours (On a weekend)? But let’s turn your comment onto itself, had this been Mitt Romney almost saying the exact same thing about new entertainment medias, you probably wouldn’t flip out.

Well technically he did say the exact same thing in an ad a few years back, but that doesn’t concern you now does it? Although the ad was about modern negative influences on children, but the point remains. Both people are wrong.

If anyone dare says that the amount of technology that American children consume is healthy, they are completely clueless. Technology is detrimentally affecting the newest generation of kids in so many ways: from social skills, work ethic, ambitions, healthy lifestyle choices, maturity, communication skills, level of thinking, I can go on and on. As someone who’s on the forefront of the education battle, I see firsthand the degradation of our youth. Each new class of freshman are arriving in high school with less and less of the skills necessary to succeed. Quite simply their writing is atrocious, they have incredible difficulty with any thinking that is not literal, and they fixated on pseudo-socialization over Facebook. I easily endlessly rant about these problems, but I won’t. The bottom line is they leave this virtual-world BS and do something productive in the real world. Dare I say: get off of the video games and pick up a book–God knows how poorly these kids read.

Typo correction: The bottom line is they need to leave this*

The bottom line is they leave this virtual-world BS and do something productive in the real world. Dare I say: get off of the video games and pick up a book–God knows how poorly these kids read.

Well said!

Erebys, I remember back in the 70′s through 80′s, people were saying how music and music videos were destroying our youth. Or how in the 90′s through aughties, it was videogames. And now it’s tech and social networking. I’m slightly skeptical as to the existence of the proof that mainstream pop culture is dumbing us down. If you proved it, then argue how that’s different from any other time in which mainstream culture was killing us, because it’s all the same.

And no, I don’t do the social networking thing. I find it stupid, but I find it even dumber to blame it on all the evils of the universe. Which I why I blame it all on the Mormons… yea, the Mormons.

Does this so-called President of the United States really believe that technologies that put more information in the hands of the public (and the voters) impede “empowerment” and “emancipation”?

Good God, help us all… is it 2012 yet?

“The Power of One”..ah–man

@Snipzor: I can’t comment on other generations of youth, but I can say definitively that there is an existential crisis in this generation. Maybe technology is not solely to blame. Standardize testing has absolutely gutted elementary and middle school curriculums; perhaps the full-effects of standardize testing is finally coming to fruition. What I can say is technology is certainly not helping in anyway.

What we must also be careful of is this jump to embrace technology in the teaching environment. There are many benefits to technology: better communication between teachers, parents, and students, phenomenal resources on the internet, plagiarization-detection tools, and website aggregation of course assignments and resources. However, there is very little substitute to traditional classroom teaching. Now I’m not talking about bookwork or other useless low-level busy work that lazy, incompetent teachers are notorious for. I mean lively, strong intellectual discourse that is fluid, engaging, and evolving. Technology is disrupting this learning environment in disastrous ways. Teachers haphazardly use Powerpoints in the place of dynamic and effective instruction. The use of computers has devolved into students finding creative ways to waste class time browsing the internet. Technology gimmicks like smart-boards have become a black-hole of tight budget funds in the place of necessary and up-to-date books. While it is important that kids understand how to use technology effectively for the future job world, it must be used only where it augments education not hinders it.

LOL I love it. Ya its pretty bad when your 11 year old can fact check what the president says in a mater of minutes and tell his Mom, Dad, Teacher, whoever. “Hey! What he just said is a lie. Look here what the Times wrote or Look here on Youtube. or CNN. He said he was going to take care of this and this and…”. No more pulling the wool over peoples eyes anymore. Especially the kids growing up. They know whats going on before the News shows do!

This might have something to do with it:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/06/AR2010050606160.html

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski on Thursday proposed putting Internet service providers (ISPs) into the same category as telephone companies, a move aimed at solidifying the agency’s authority over the fast-growing broadband industry.

The proposal would impose a fresh layer of rules on a sector that has so far been lightly regulated. By reclassifying broadband providers, the FCC hopes to be able to carry out its plans to greatly expand Internet access nationwide and require companies that get consumers onto the Web to treat all online traffic equally.

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Or is that just another crazy, wingnut, racist, uneducated, etc.. “conspiracy” theory?

Also, how does one “claim traction”?

Wow great article, I saw video and it is very interesting. Nice to hear his speech which is delivered greatly.
But it is some what bad news also as he told to concentrate on studies, but it is important also. I feel there are also lots of advantages also like improvement in communication between teachers, parents, and students, understanding of technology etc.
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Fidel Castro does a much better job of controlling the message than Obama. Those Tea Party people are just getting too much media time.

Snipzor mentions:” had this been Mitt Romney almost saying the exact same thing about new entertainment medias, you probably wouldn’t flip out.”

Mitt romney is not the President, and Mitt Romney is not trying to control the free flow of information through executive order, pressure and congressional legislation. He also isn’t fellated by the MSM like the Messiah is.

The fact is, these politicians don’t like the average person being able to scrutinize their every move. The politicians liked it better when big media, which usually tilts left, can screen the info. They’d rather have it where less information was out there. The less info, the less scrutiny. I’m gonna have to disagree with Obama, I believe that information is a good thing.

The more information out there about what the government is doing, or not doing, the better. I, as a private individual, can fact check the various lies the Dems/Repubs put out there. I can go to Opensecrets.org an get the real information on campaign contributions.

Sorry Barry McBush, but the more information the better.

It would be healthy to destroy ALL this mindless, childish crap. But then that would destoy 90% of Murcuhn “lives.” Duh.

Obama can’t even pronounce emancipation. He calls it e-PANTS-i-pation. Just like “CORPSE man”
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i guess it will just depend on how you bring up your kids. everything will boil down to self discipline..

http://grindmodepress.com/

Barack Obama has labeled the use of devices such as iPods, iPads, Xboxes and PlayStations as a distraction. He told the crowd of graduates that with regarding these all games information and i want to see the reaction of other peoples.

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Nachi, no one’s making you stay in ‘Murcha’.