First Blog

Did You Know ?3.0
“Did You Know?” is basically showing the statistics of the world. It explains how a country is growing and how one country out numbers the other in higher education. Jobs are growing around the world each year, but also new technology comes out rapidly; jobs that did not exist a year ago are now in high demand for employers. People are now being prepared for future technology and possible job opportunities, and preparing for problems that have not yet been discovered. This clip also shows how large the Internet (Cyber) world has become over a couple of years, and also how it will advance even more in the up coming years. A good example “Did you know?” used was that by the time a person was taught a technology in school their skill will be out dated before he/she graduates.
I believe every point shown on this clip is an eye opener to a person who does not believe in change and likes everything to be old fashioned. The world is changing, growing, and moving at a fast pace around us, and advances each year. I also believe that people will not be able to keep up with the world unless we try to pace ourselves along side technology, and try to advance ourselves with it.
Mr. Wrinkle Wakes
This clip explains how Mr. Wrinkle has slept for a hundred years, and when he rejoins the world he realizes that it is not the same as it was when he went to sleep many years ago. As Mr. Wrinkle walks around confused, noticing nothing familiar he becomes overwhelmed with all the advanced technology, so he decides to go to a hospital. Not knowing that the hospital will be the one place with the most advanced technology, he leaves even more overwhelmed in search for a more familiar place. He comes across a school and realizes that it is just how he remembers it; the teacher in front of the classroom, students at their desk with books, paper, and pencil, and also a computer in the corner covered with dust.
"Mr. Wrinkle Wakes" was a shock to me because the point that it makes about schools and technology is true. Even though the world advances with technology, schools stay the same. I do believe that schools should be allowed to use technology and for teachers to teach their students to experience and learn the new technology and to put it into use along with the growing, advanced world. Children today should be taught the necessary skills in life such as, Math, English, Science, etc., but also be prepared for the future and be familiar with the changing in the world around them.
Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity
Explains many different points of education. He explains first on how everyone has an interest in education, and some parts of education seems to be less important than the others such as: math, english, and science is more important than art. Sir Ken Robinson believes that if one does not take a chance then their creativity is lost. He explains that people are taught not to be wrong, and when our fear of being wrong takes over our ability to take a chance then nothing can be created. He sums up this by saying that we are not educated to be creative artist but educated out of being creative at all. He tries to explain the education system to people and what it means; he replies by explaining to come out on top and to succeed in the education system is to become a college professor. This explains that education means to get the highest academic success. Schools were invented to prepare and meet the needs for the industrialism; subjects are taught in rank of the most used for future jobs. At the end of this clip Sir Ken Robinson tells a story of a little girl who could not focus or be still in class, but when music is put on she is instantly interested and moving to the tunes. She expresses herself through music (art) and can think and pay attention. She does not have a learning disability, she is a dancer.
I believe Sir Ken Robinson is an awesome person who puts his ideas out there in a way that makes a person understand. I agree with him there is more people in the world today that are successful in school, but would rather grow up to be a dancer or an actor or a musician rather than a college professor or a doctor. Children who cannot sit still or do not seem to be interested in school work are put on prescription drugs and are taught to be still and learn basic school subjects. I particularly liked the part on college professors that basically live in their heads. I agree with this because most professors cannot even relate to their students; students are basically teaching themselves and others, but the professors are the ones handing out the tests and standing in front of the class. I believe that this clip is basically summed up by saying that students are not allowed to express themselves in forms of art the way they should be able to. Students are taught that art is not important in the world today which rids them of their creativity.
Vicki Davis: Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
This clip is about a teacher who takes the technology in her classroom and teaches and lets her students experience it along side her. She watches her students and learn from them as much as they learn from her. She watches them individually and high light their interest to keep each student actively interested in her classroom. She takes learning to the next level, not just books, pencil, and paper. She expects her students to explore and brain storm on their own for example: if she says a new term in class, she expects her students to go to the internet and Google and to discover and interpret this new term.
I believe that this clip shows a good picture of how future classrooms should look, how each student is actively interested, and each student learning and teaching their fellow peers around them. I also believe that this has given me an idea of what i will be experiencing this semester as I take in all this new technology, and ways of the internet world.