As the parent of a 4-year-old, this story cracks me up! My son, of course, much prefers the interactive (his favorite - Legend of Zelda!) to passive media (sadly, too bad for Sesame Street).
I am thinking about how applicable this idea of "looking for the mouse" is to our jobs as instructors. We accomplish so much by being more interactive whenever possible. Especially as instructional designers, we always have to think in terms of structuring our products to be interactive. Without interaction, our learners will become merely passive viewers. With it, they become a part of the instruction.
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It's not just the 4-year-old looking for the mouse. I teach high school students in a computer lab where students sit at a table in front of a computer. Students and their parents have signed a disclosure contract with me stating they understand that I expect students not to use the computer unless I give permission and they should never toggle to games or web pages running underneath online study guides with a citizenship penalty if I catch them. Yet, I find many students with their hand on the mouse when it is not supposed to be. I am starting believe students have become mouse addicts.
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