Masonic Education in the Internet Age

Young men today use the Internet to learn. In fact, the Internet is usually the first and oft times only tool that young men employ when they want to learn about a topic.

In order to reach today's generation Grand Lodges need to aggressively use the Internet in their candidate education programs. Yes, many wizened old Past Masters may fear computers and resent the move to electronic education materials, but they are not the targeted end user; young men are. Young men insist on using their computers to communicate and learn, and will not tolerate backwards organizations that are stuck on yesterday. Grand Lodge education programs need to realize this obvious truth and proactively engage young men via their preferred mode of communication.