I'm a few years away from being a young person myself, but I have seen several generations of parents shake their heads in despair at young people, saying they have no respect, no discipline, and no politics, but in my experience, that's far from true today.

The strength of feeling of young people against the Iraq war created an extremely political generation, perhaps more so now than at any time since the 60's. But it's certainly true that people are more interested in issue politics rather than party politics, which is a shame, because party politics gives you a real chance to change things, rather than simply protest about them.

Lord Puttnam, award winning film maker and president of Unicef UK, writes this weeks guest blog.  He talks about the importance of including digital technology in educational practice to make it more relevant to young people's lives.

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