Not Just Kidstuff: Teens and Boomers Online
Interested in how Jewish teens are using technology to explore their lives? Take a look at the March 30, 2007 supplement, Fresh Ink for Teens: In Your Facebook, published by the New York Jewish Week. This issue includes several articles by teens on their experiences with technology-based communications.
On another end of the age scale, baby boomers and their parents are among the fastest growing consumers of video games, according to the New York Times article, “Video Games Conquer Retirees,” March 30, 2007. A customer survey by PopCap Games cited in the article found that “71 percent of its players were older than 40, 47 percent were older than 50, and 76 percent of PopCap players were women.”
In addition, corporations are increasingly turning to games and simulations for training and development. It will be interesting to see how these arenas continue to grow and how the educational community reframes its ideas and biases about what learning is, how people learn, and what tools they use to support this endeavor.