So what do you think is happening here? Is grandad teaching grandson maybe?
Well I am the apprentice! My grandson Joel, in my opinion, is a ‘Master of the iPad’. He started as a three year old and he will be four in a few days. He has been using the iPad for several months on a daily basis. I received my iPad a couple of months ago as a present from his mum and dad.
He has been teaching me how to naturally, and intuitively, navigate, interact and play, in ways I do not get in any manual or book.
If you look at the pictures, what do you think we are doing on our iPads?
He is having fun, and learning fast,with an interactive educational game that he plays almost daily. Like all children, he loves fun and games. This is the way to learn. We learn so much faster when it’s fun.
Here is the paradox. ‘Fun is serious business in the 21st Century Knowledge Economy’.
I am landing a Boeing 747 jet into San Francisco airport using instruments. As a past pilot for 20 years, I now love flying the iPad flight simulator, to keep my skills fresh, and, I am having so much fun too. But instrument flying requires both intellectual and experiential skills.
But now, after Joel’s teaching, I can fly the simulator even better!
What can we learn from this in effective learning and knowledge transfer for the future?
Ron Young
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