A few weeks ago I got invited to attend a special event here in Boston at WGBH for a preview of FRONTLINE’s Digital Nation – an upcoming documentary that will explore how the Web and digital media are changing the way we think, work, learn, and interact. The producer, Rachel Dretzin was on hand and we had a great conversation about how the ever changing digital world is effecting everything around us.

This was the first event I’ve ever been invited to on behalf of being a “daddy blogger” which was a trippy thing all by itself. Guess I better get use to it huh?

We got to watch some scenes from the documentary and then had a healthy debate/discussion around a variety of topics. Besides fellow parenting bloggers, there were also people from various levels of school administrations from around the area. It was amazing to listen to different perspectives on how technology is helping our kids in school and fundamentally changing the way they learn.

This documentary is playing out in a very different format then most. It won’t air until January of 2010 but you can watch pieces of it online right now and even contribute to it in a special section where anyone can tell their story. You should consider submitting something. I know I am planning on it.

I’m really excited to follow along in the coming months and to see how it all comes together in the end. With only an hour to tell the story I don’t see how they can even begin to cover it all, but I’m sure it will be full of great content.

I took some photos at the event and got to chat with the producer for a few minutes while meeting some great people at the same time.