Generation V: Rotary Phones & Webkinz

I’ve been thinking a lot lately how Generation V’s use of technology will shape their thinking and expectations. I’ll elaborate on this topic in a forthcoming post but I wanted to share two videos with you of Gen V’s interaction with technology, both old and new.

This first video is of my friend Blois Olson’s kids trying to dial their home phone number using an old school rotary-dial phone.

Updated: Blois’ video is no longer online, so I give you a couple of 17 year olds trying to figure out a rotary-dial phone:

Michaela Explains Webkinz

This is my niece Michaela explaining to me what a Webkinz is.