New Literacies For a New Age Video

Poor Hephalumps, how will they ever make it out on their own if they can't remember everything there is to know. This cartoon story creates a nice analogy between some human classroom strategies used today and the outcomes. That is, the Hephalumps weren't allowed to use books to read and write while today students aren't allowed access to some technologies. This for many reasons be it social, economic, philosophical... Will they survive in the world they are being prepared for? Will they do more than survive, will they create and innovate?