This seems causal, although I more feel like the opposite is true, young people that express resistance engage in these practices.

wordy, but it makes sense.

Basically this is where the adult partnership comes into play and becomes and important gatekeeper of information or motivations.

This makes sense, even though nowadays the internets algorithms can identify what race you are, ethical software design is becoming more and more prevalent as a standard practice.

The more informed they are, usually the more it would upset them so this makes sense in a natural sort of way.

I like that most people would not think they were participating in politics when making a remixed meme or something of the sorts.

Fun examples.

Funny, this is the paper we read earlier this semester.

Nice word choice here. It really shows the subconscious will of people who are choosing to follow because they are a member of this affinity space. They have the inherent will to stick up for one of their own and show them support.

I have said many time before that the younger generation has a way if interacting with this world through digital technologies that directly allow them to influence a certain affinity space to rally support, or challenge legislation from passing. Ultimately they develop the kind of support that large corporations get by paying people off, but they do it through social media. Even today we see many young politicians taking office using social media to their advantage.

Aren't they the same?

For me, this is the only good selling point of capitalism - it does drive innovation in the process of trying to one-up the competition

Learn and grow from the challenge and obstacles presented before you rather than just doing the same things over and over.

Frustrating means it was challenging. Life enhancing means he learned something.

I just love this side conversation as both an admirer of physics and a science enthusiast.

Challenge can be what makes a video game interesting and drives people to finish the entire thing, but there is a fine balance. If a game is seen as mundane or boring, I for one am much less likely to finish the game. On the other hand, if the game is so difficult that I often find myself getting frustrated, I usually stop playing altogether as well.

Great example, I was actually pretty confused until I saw this.

I mean I worked in burritos for 8 years and met my fiancé at such a job, so I look at tex-mex in a different way than most people. Good example to confirm the point - I think everyone has something they can relate to.

To be fair, I think a lot of students can achieve this with the current standardized curriculum. It's all about how the information is presented, in my opinion.

I think they entice conflict because of the fact that people can just realign themselves with people or "facts" which support their truths - further selling them on the falsehoods of their own lies.

I think this is actually a problem in todays society. Humans have the natural tendency to look for people and information to support their beliefs and practices. I think this is how extremism happens and I think this is taken to a whole new level on the internet.

I think the ways that we think should always be evolving so that we as people are always growing and learning. I am a huge advocate of collective learning - we can build on what others did in the past and learn from their wisdom so that humanity isn't perpetually repeating the same things over and over without learning or moving forward.

I do think this describes the majority of them though - in a way most games have some 'story mode' aspect where they can play in a linear fashion moving through the problems of the game

I believe this aspect of video games is why they make learning so fun and engaging.

Fun term

Yes.

Is this just a fancy way of saying being able to apply a concept rather than just know it.

I personally don't understand why either of these is a disruption. I think the schools should be teaching students how to use the technologies available today (the latter of the aforementioned questions regarding developing new pedagogical methods around emerging technologies).

I think we still see a mix of both today because behavior is an unforeseen factor here - different methods of structure /punishment work for different people.

and in a scientific and professional way rather than being used purely for social media forums

I think this could have been a little foreshadowing - zoom has changed the way people learn and interact in online classes and will continue to do this after the pandemic and COVID-19 as they constantly update and integrate new functionality.

I think this applies in the classroom in general - the student's would do this with books in the library before the internet, how is that any different? There will always be student's who try to take the easy way out if given the oppertunity.

There have also been lots of technologies developed to help prevent cheating, although one thing that's always worked is switching it up from semester to semester, because students will always talk from one to the next.

Basically because you are doing a lab style activity that is more engaging and in my opinion interesting and easy to learn.

Exactly, students ere excited to learn how to use the technology given to them to engage the public and get people to fight for their cause as well.

I think that most people nowadays search for some type of social recognition in a society so full of things trying to grab your attention. People naturally want to connect and collaborate, the saying goes, "Two heads are better than one," is it not?

To be fair, I have to do this now and I know I am probably never going to use it again after this class.

It basically functioned like a mini design lab, which is, in my opinion, one of the most encouraging spaces for broadening perspective and encouraging learning.

Interesting starting point.

Just like the design process, the learning process here was iterative and if more information was needed to better form an opinion or stance, then the students were encouraged to go out and find it.

These are common elements in design companies that operate exactly like this every day on an extremely functional level.

Amazing - I don't think you could effectively get most kids to do something like this nowadays unless it involves technology like a cell phone

It's neat that they were able to see the project all the way to conclusion. I think that probably reinforced this as a positive learning experience for the kids involved

Sounds fun!

What is a conservancy?

I love this idea of just learning by doing. My favorite maker moto is fail fast, fail hard.

Its interesting that to encourage engagement in learning about mobile technology, the class asks the students to get involved in their local communities and share their opinions.

Your environment directly influences your perspective.

I don't think it's necessary to have a strong link per-say, but I think merely making a connection between the different settings can expand the way one thinks about everything, including their chosen craft.

He learned key terms that only producers would know by experiencing them.

Having a designated stress-free/expectation free space to come in and be creative is key in my opinion.

Am still super jealous of Luis because he had access to more equipment than I still do as an adult, however, I think this is the conclusion that we can all recognize by looking of how we developed skills we have individually, outside of a school setting.

You are always your own worst critic, which also drives innovation and engagement.

I think this can sum up the overall cadence of most design processes as well

He initially developed the interest because of someone he was interested in and then engaged with the material because of that.

Ah, the evolution of testing and iterating to improve.

I think that its always better to figure out what something does/is for because you generally come to a conclusion that is nowhere near the intended use of the product.

I would argue that the data means nothing if it can't be properly visualized - just a general comment

I would be interested to see how they accounted for bias in their data collection.

I think this statement is so important, its drawing attention to the fact that the study takes into account non-traditional learning as well as traditional learning (school/formal learning settings).

I think this can be prevalent when thinking about an otherwise awful job that you enjoyed because of the people that you worked with. You became a member of a team and when you felt socially accepted, you wanted to do your job better and were driven to learn more about why each task was done the way that it was (or maybe that's just me).

Interesting thought that engaging with others increases commitment to an ideal, or rather learning an ideal.

This is an interesting statement, isn't it ultimately saying that you would learn better if doing an activity of common interest with your friends (a group which you are a member of) rather than individually

This would be an interesting study to look into generally - but a specific focus on engagement seems to just be to reinforce what anyone who loves there job knows, engagement and effective learning go hand in hand.

This is with a doubt one of the most important skills you can learn - technology is fundamentally a tool even though in current times social media has changed this.

I think that the equipment described in the first section is above and beyond what is available to most kids nowadays. Some kids still don't even have access to devices considered basic and necessary, let alone tools to thrive in an educational setting such a laptop with high processing power or even a graphing calculator.

The use of concerns here is slightly off-putting personally because I think if they were really concerned about universal technological fluency, they would start by simply providing every kid with a laptop and teaching them how to use it.

I personally love clay-mation so this description is nostalgic and honestly makes me jealous that Luis had access to such technology at a young age.

This man is my hero

This is amazing, it actually has a global history!

Actual products take months, sometimes years of refining and iteration before they can be manufactured on a large scale. Because these small inventions disregard regulation and good manufacturing practices, they can pump out a lot of little prototypes in a small segment of time and with a reasonable budget. Pretty smart.

Silly.

I don't think this man intended for it to be this way, I think he was just trying to do what he thought was best for him at the time.

YUP. But it's interesting to see that he monetized using social media, like so many others have nowadays.

If you have the ability and resources, there's no reason why not.

Way to be an innovator, he just new he wanted to provide good consumer products, and always invested in things he liked and would buy himself.

Pretty impressive, to be honest.

I think this type of language further enforces that this man purely designs for the fun of it!

When learning about design one of the first things people usually teach is to design with the user in mind, so it makes me think that he chooses to design with only himself in mind, even knowing that others will find the inventions pointless or unnecessary.

I would argue that sounds like a highly organized person. This sounds like my shop, a small space filled with lots of material and equipment - so it has to be organized, everything has a home.

Read it again, because YES.

I have literally had a boss who has said the above to me when I was tasked with training the new general manager at a restaurant that I worked at.

I don't know what this is referring to, but it's nice that the hyperlink was provided.

Basically guilt tripping you after they realize you were right all along.

That's really the only point to mansplaining, but I would be lying if I didn't say that women have done this to me as well.

Sounds like a fun book to have around

Because women are oppressed everywhere in subtle ways, not necessarily outright or with malicious intent, but oppressed nonetheless, so it makes for extremely relatable content.

This line is the worst.

I think she's painting a great definition of someone that is saying something that is unwanted and unwarranted.

I love every bit of this statement and feel as if I understand its sentiment.

I'd like to think that most women have felt this way at some moment in their life, but I think this feeling is most present in male dominated fields of work.

This may not have anything to do with the topic of mansplaining, but I find it interesting that the author starts out by bringing attention to the fact so many extreme stories "start" on twitter and then continues to comment that she scrolls through twitter to "zone out" or turn her brain off. I believe this is a funny juxtaposition common among anyone with a social media account nowadays.