Recap of Lift Workshop in Champoussin

Between chocolate cakes and ballads in the mountains, eight children were put to contribution during the Lift Workshop in Champoussin, where we asked them to explain and draw what the internet was to them. In very general terms, here are a few consolidated answers:

• Children do not differentiate the internet from the devices they use to browse. The internet is an iPhone, a computer, a Nintendo Wii.
• In their world, there is no such thing as a non-connected device.
• 3-5 years old use the internet to find examples of drawings, and have all been involed in a video chat without really thinking it's very different from a phone conversation (it was considered an experience closer to calling than to using the internet)
• 5-7 years old play games online, multiplayer ones like Club Penguin, or single user Flash games on sites like jeux.com

^{A real iPhone, and the drawings from a 5 years old.}

^{Drawing of a PS3. Aside from the shape of the console, the key's symbols are easily recognizable.}

^{A (semi-scary ;) character from one of the online games played by a 4 years old.}

^{A PS3, Wii and computer drawn by a 5 years old.}

^{A representation of Little Big planet's avatar.}

More pictures here.