Henry Jenkins and Convergence Culture

Covergence culture is the expressing and collaborating of ideas, entertainment, and information through different forms of media and across many different platforms. One of the primary examples of this given by the speaker was Youtube. Things like the matrix, which has products available for computers, game systems, the internet, movies and more, are evidence to the way media is starting to change. Through these collective pools of information culture is becoming more advanced in that it has the intelligence of the group rather than the individual. Technology available online has enabled people to participate in the creating of media in a way that is being recognized as very powerful.
The implications of convergence culture on education are simple. It must become more inclusive to these changes culture and communication or it will be ignoring a huge part of the world today. It is very important that our educational system strives to remain as up to date as possible and I think the idea of not preparing children and teens how to ethically utilize available resources is a scary thought.
Many schools ban social networking or blogging sites from their computers and do not allow students to use them at school. I definetly do not agree with this policy and feel that it is the obligation of the school to model responsible use of these sites rather than banning them. As talked about in the vidoe, there is a great amount of potential power in these sites and tools and the things students create with them have the possibility of reaching a global audience. Also, as the world changes to become more technological and more of a convergence culture, we have new skills that must be learned in able to understand and be a part of it. We must teach these skills in the classroom as we would any other skill.