A LOOK AT . . . DIGITAL CAMERAS, Visual Literacy, and the Xbox Generation

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A brief discussion after Christmas vacation about the merits of the Xbox over the newer Xbox 360 illustrated a continuing and growing fact of teaching.

I was talking with Corrie, a blonde fifth grader who looks like she should still be playing with dolls. Instead, she is an avid and intent gamer. Right now, she probably spends more time with her Xbox than with television-and spends more time with the two than with reading or other school activities.

Teaching these days involves competing with marvelous electronic gadgets-from the enhanced televisions to the Xbox 360-as well as with all the time students spend watching and using them. Student experience seems to have become …