Johnson part 2

I think my biggest take-away from Johnson's book is "don't be too quick to judgment" when it comes to relative usefulness of pop culture in education. As games, tv, and other media becomes more and more sophisticated there is the potential of learning important skills via these medium. Educators and librarians need to take a step back from quick criticism and really investigate what is out there. While I have some difficulty following the thread that video gaming has actually raised the collective IQ, I do truly believe that there is the potential of lots of learning "under the hood" of many seemingly entertainment based technology. As the digital world is so prevalent in society, writing it off as simply "pop culture" and of no use educationally is a big mistake. Embrace the changes and integrate the possibilities into the system...there are alot of great things to be learned.