What does it mean to be ethical in the new digital media? That’s a good question. Gardner himself even said that it has never been asked before. I think it’s a really good thing that his group is further studying ethics in the digital media today. Since media is becoming more and more prevalent in everyday life, it’s important to keep those ethical ideals and practices thriving while adapting to the ever-changing technological world.

Another good point Gardner makes is that those things that have been valued in the past are not necessarily going to be valued and picked up easily today. I think it’s important to understand this when thinking about the ethics of the digital youth. They might not easily understand all the values surrounding ethics because that is a completely new world for some of them.

Gardner also points out that with each new promise that technology and the media offer, a slew of challenges arises with them. It does seem to be the case that for every good thing technology does for our life, it does five negative things as well.

All of this must be taken into consideration before technology is used in the classroom.