foe romeo: A creative generation has a post about a report on children from the UK and their online activity. The most important piece follows:
“Even more interestingly, the study found that 17% of young people have sent pictures or stories to a website and “online creativity can be encouraged through the very experience of using the internet.” That is, the more time kids spend online, the more likely they are to produce their own content. And interaction breeds interaction. Does that mean we can safely assume that as internet usage increases its media timeshare, more and more people will become creative producers as well as consumers?”
This is part of what I always thought the Internet could produce in its users. That if you use it enough, you will be prompted to start contributing yourself. Technologies like blogs and wikis are making it even easier for kids to participate and showcase their creativity.