Day 1

Thanks everyone for a stimulating discussion this afternoon. I took a few notes and wanted to share a few themes that I noticed:

 

1. Technology isn’t everything

·         It’s a means rather than an end  - for example, to tackle important global challenges.

·         We don’t know where it’s leading us – it helps to make the future uncertain and unknown.

·         The limits of technology are giving us a renewed appreciation for very human qualities,  such as our ability for complex communication or empathy and spirituality (see #2).

 

2. Spirituality matters

·         Has the ubiquity of new technology come at the expense of our humanity?

·         How can digital technology help us to recover what is sacred and natural in our world?

·         How can we develop the sacred in students - particularly in a materialistic age where people don’t have fixed identities?

 

3. We need different perspectives

·         The collage process – especially the speech and thought bubbles – helped us to consider different perspectives we might not otherwise have done

·         We need to take on board the perspectives of young people as we consider the future (and they in turn need the perspectives of people who can remember a less digital society)