Could you survive a week without screen-based technology? Monday 3rd October, 2011 at 5pm, a group of year 11 students from Brentwood Secondary College in Melbourne, Australia are shutting down all their screen-based electronic devices until Friday evening to embrace Real Life.
They are doing it in response to the film Play Again, which follows six American teenagers who, like the “average American child,” spend five to fifteen hours a day behind screens. In Play Again, the kids leave their gadgets and move into a wilderness adventure with no electricity, no phone coverage, and bugs!
This may not seem unusual to anyone over 24 but for anyone under that age their entire world has beeped, calculated, computed and buzzed for all of their conscious lives. Not being connected 24/7 could therefore be a shock!
The film "Play Again", investigates the consequences of a childhood removed from nature and considers what we need to do in the future.
I m fascinated to see what the Bretwood experiment will be like...shame they are not blogging it! LOL
What about you? How long can you last for?
What about you? How long can you last for?
