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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cory Doctorow) Thank you very much
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.07,0:00:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'd like to start with something of a\Nbenediction or permission.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.42,0:00:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am one of nature's fast talkers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.74,0:00:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many of you are not \Nnative English speakers, or
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.62,0:00:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe not accustomed \Nto my harsh Canadian accent
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.92,0:00:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in addition I've just come in \Nfrom Australia
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.92,0:00:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so like many of you I am horribly\Njetlagged and have drunkenough coffee
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.17,0:00:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this morning to kill a rhino.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.11,0:00:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I used to be at the United Nations
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.59,0:00:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was known as the scourge of the\Nsimultaneous translation core
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.16,0:00:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would stand up and speak \Nas slowly as I could
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.58,0:00:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turn around, and there they\Nwould be in their boots doing this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.23,0:00:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)\NWhen I start to speak too fast,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.14,0:00:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the universal symbol --\Nmy wife invented it --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.56,0:00:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for "Cory, you are talking too fast".\NPlease, don't be shy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.08,0:00:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm a parent , like many of you \Nand I'm like I'm sure all of you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.79,0:00:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are parents, parenting takes my ass \Nall the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.03,0:00:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are many regrets I have\Nabout the mere seven and half years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.82,0:00:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've been a parent \Nbut none ares so keenly felt
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.78,0:01:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as my regrets over what's happened \Nwhen I've been wandering
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.88,0:01:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the house and seen my\Ndaughter working on something
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.77,0:01:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was beyond her abilities, that was \Nright at the edge of what she could do
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.70,0:01:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where she was doing something \Nthat she didn't have competence in yet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.76,0:01:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know it's that amazing thing \Nto see that frowning concentration,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.02,0:01:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tongue stuck out: as a parent, your\Nheart swells with pride
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.04,0:01:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't help but go over
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.33,0:01:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sort of peer over their shoulder\Nwhat they are doing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those of you who are parents know \Nwhat happens when you look too closely
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at someone who is working \Nbeyond the age of their competence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go back to doing something\Nthey're already good at.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You interrupt a moment \Nof genuine learning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you replace it with \Na kind of embarrassment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what you're good at \Nand what you're not.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it matters a lot that our schools are\Nincreasingly surveilled environments,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environments in which everything that \Nour kids do is watched and recorded.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when you do that, you interfere\Nwith those moments of real learning.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our ability to do things that we are not \Ngood at yet, that we are not proud of yet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is negatively impacted \Nby that kind of scrutiny.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that scrutiny comes \Nfrom a strange place.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have decided that there are \Nsome programmatic means
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by which we can find all the web page\Nchildren shouldn't look at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will filter our networks\Nto be sure that they don't see them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone who has ever paid attention\Nknows that this doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are more web pages \Nthat kids shouldn't look at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than can ever be cataloged, \Nand any attempt to catalog them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will always catch pages that kids\Nmust be looking at.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any of you who have ever taught \Na unit on reproductive health
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know the frustration of trying \Nto get round a school network.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is done in the name of\Ndigital protection
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it flies in the face of digital\Nliteracy and of real learning.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the only way to stop kids \Nfrom looking at web pages
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they shouldn't be looking at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to take all of the clicks that they \Nmake, all of the messages that they send,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of their online activity \Nand offshore it to a firm
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has some nonsensically arrived at\Nlist of the bad pages.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, what we are doing is that we're \Nexfiltrating all of our students' data
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to unknown third parties.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, most of these firms, \Ntheir primary business is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in serving the education sector.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of them service \Nthe government sector.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The primarily service governments in\Nrepressive autocratic regimes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They help them make sure that \Ntheir citizens aren't looking at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amnesty International web pages.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They repackage those tools \Nand sell them to our educators.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are offshoring our children's clicks\Nto war criminals.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what our kids do, we know,\Nis they just get around it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's not hard to get around it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, never underestimate the power\Nof a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get around our \Ntechnological blockades.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when they do this, they don't acquire\Nthe kind of digital literacy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we want them to do, they don't \Nacquire real digital agency
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and moreover, they risk exclusion \Nand in extreme cases,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they risk criminal prosecution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what if instead, those of us who are\Ntrapped in this system of teaching kids
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we're required to subject them\Nto this kind of surveillance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that flies in the face \Nof their real learning,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if instead, we invented \Ncurricular units
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made them real first class\Ndigital citizens,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in charge of trying to influence\Nreal digital problems?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like what if we said to them: \N"We want you to catalog the web pages
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this vendor lets through \Nthat you shouldn't be seeing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want you to catalog those pages that \Nyou should be seeing, that are blocked.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want you to go and interview \Nevery teacher in the school
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about all those lesson plans that were\Ncarefully laid out before lunch
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a video and a web page, \Nand over lunch,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unaccountable distance center\Nblocked these critical resources
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and left them handing out photographed \Nworksheets in the afternoon
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of the unit they prepared.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want you to learn how to do the Freedom\Nof Information Act's requests
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find out what your \Nschool authority is spending
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to censor your internet access \Nand surveil your activity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want you to learn to use the internet \Nto research these companies and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want you to present this \Nto your parent-teacher association,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your school authority,\Nto your local newspaper."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's the kind \Nof digital literacy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes kids into first-class\Ndigital citizens,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that prepares them for a future \Nin which they can participate fully
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a world that's changing. (5:18)