Lolcats is a new term for me. I have reviewed the presentation that was presented by Stephen Downes on the following webpage..http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/speaking-in-lolcats-take-2.  According to Downes (correct me if Im mistaken), “Using the language of Lolcats is to learn how to think.” This statement really spoke to me as it is a powerful statement. Getting children to learn how to think is an area that I think many of us try to accomplish. Many children that I have observed have come to rely more heavily on teachers and teacher associates to help them do their work and due to this dependence students are not allowed to think. Putting this into the context of media would be a huge concern for me. If students continue to rely heavily on the dependence of others they would not be able describe their thoughts and ideas.

I am not certain who made the point, “ Lolcats is a new language to describe new ideas.” I had mentioned that it would be difficult for teachers to teach the students the language if we dont even know how to speak the language. There are many new media tools that are available and once we start getting used to one of those tools something bigger and better comes out. Through the experiences of learning how to use those tools we learn a new language. It’s through this new language that we are able to describe our new ideas.

Overall this presentation was interesting and a bit heavy at times. I think that I will take a lot out of this one. Thanks Stephen!!!!