January 24, 2010 Blog Assignment

A Look Into Our World As Students

This particular video was very intriguing, it hit dead on to what students in college classrooms are really doing in class when they bring their computers to class. I really related to the student who held up the notebook stating that they spend hundreds of dollars on books that they will never open, and to top it all off you can not even get the full amount of what you paid for the book back! Fact is that many teachers assign books to be read and then do not address the contents in the books or even test the students on the information. All in all its pointless to buy textbooks. I'm glad EDM 31o does not require a book.

I love how the information was presented to us in the video. It was very creative, and I loved it. The videographer could have slowed down the pan and focused better because it was hurting my eyes, however it was very informative. It raised a good point on how half of what we learn we just learn for the test, and we will not use have of these classes in the real world anyways.

Technology is Taking Over

The four points mention in this post were very true. Education is not a profession for someone who does not enjoy learning. As you get older their will always be new ways of teaching, and just because you learned it a certain way does not mean that a new generation will learn it the same way. Technology is taking over at overwhelming rate and as educators we have to be ready for what ever comes our way. We must learn to keep up with the times, because if not money will definitely be wasted.

No matter how much you constantly enforce something into some one's head, if they are not captured by the material at first glance then your efforts are possibly irrelvent. This why educators must find new resources and new ways to present and teach things to our students.

It's Not Okay to Be Illiterate

In Karl Fisch's post, "Is It Okay to Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?", Mr. Fisch went into thorough detail about how teachers need to become technologically literate, and by doing so he was also encouraging them. It is imparitative that teachers become technologically literate because their students will be, and the teachers need to be very prepared to teach the future leaders of our country.

It is a great idea for teachers and staff to be required to take technology and software classes. They need to be prepared, and this will only make them better teachers. The best teachers are those who are always willing to learn and keep on learning. I completely agree with the statement Fisch made, "In order to teach it, we have to do it....." It is a very powerful statement.

Mr. Winkle Wakes- January 17, 2010

Mr. Winkle Wakes

Mr. Winkle woke up from 100 year nap and was confused because the world how he knew was completely different. The video should all the different advances in technology. The new technology consisted of EKG's, computers, vehicles, copy machines, fax machines, cellular phones. However the only place that remained the same was the schools.


The You Tube video Mr. Winkle Wakes, is a take on the old childrens' story of Rip Van Winkle.
This video pin pointed on a very important issue, on how is that we have advanced technology throughout our culture, but not in education. We do not have them in our educational institutions so how can people learn to use these things. Mr. Winkle was excited and content that schools had not changed, which represents the conformity of those people in our society that are illiterate when it comes to technology. That is not a good thing.

Did You Know??

I was shocked to read these statistics. The top 10 most in demand job was not invented until 2004! That is remarkable, and simply amazing that teachers are teaching their students to do job and work that are not even in existence yet. I completely agree with the job statistics, especially the one about 1 in 4 workers has been with their job less than a year because that is the case with myself. I was quite surprised that it has been less than a decade since the internet has taken over our lives completely!

However, I was very shocked that text messaging is not as relevantly new as we all thought it was. We are always talking about how America is the wealthiest country, but yet this other countries are surpassing us with the brilliance! China will soon be the #1 English speaking country. This information opened my eyes to a lot of things I was unaware of.

The Importance of Creativity

In today's school creativity is one of those things that is very frowned upon. Creativity helps you a better job of what you can do. I agree with Ken about incorporating more creativity in the minds of the students of today's era. We need to nuture our children's creativity and not discourage their creativity.

Creativity stimulates the mind and many individuals are discouraging these kids. I agree with Ken when he said we are teaching the children to be good workers, but not creative thinkers. We to challenge these students and broaden their horizons. They need to think outside of the box, and they should not be so typical.

Harness Your Students

It is amazing how these classrooms will be going paperless! There will be no need for paper, pens, or pencils. I am glad that teachers notice there is good in technology in the classrooms. Soon there will cell phones incorporated into the classroom. Students will be skyping with classrooms in India.