This video was very interesting with facts I do not think about on a daily basis. Everyone should watch this video to find out how much times have changed and technology is becoming important in day to day life. One fact that surprised me is when the video said "China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world". One fact that is troubling is twenty-five percent of India's population with the highest IQ is greater than the total population of the United States. That means we are not competing with India when it comes to educating our children.
The video started getting into the importance of technology during the second half of the video. It started off stating the top jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004. With the advancement of technology new jobs had to be created. Technology has also been a place for intimacy to develop with "1 out of 8 couples married in the United States last year met online". From 1984 to 2008 the number of internet devices went from 1,000 to 1,000,000. One last fact that ended the video well was during the duration of the video 694,000 songs were illegally downloaded. As the time goes on technology will increase and be more accessible than it is today. This is a link to the video Did You Know?3.0
Mr. Winkle Wakes
Mr. Winkle Wakes is a story of an old man who had waken after a 100 year sleep. He wakes up to an entirely different world than he last knew it. Mr. Winkle goes to a tall building, encounter busy people, hears strange sounds(phones ringing), pictures on paper coming out of machines (printer), and small screens with people talking to each other(computer). With Mr. Winkle becoming overwhelmed, he becomes sick and goes to the hospital. While in the hospital he sees machines helping people breath and pictures with people's bones showing. The only place that is familiar to him is a school with children looking bored and taking notes while the teacher talks all day.
This is a story trying to tell us how our times have changed dramatically since 100 years ago. People back then would not have ever imagined to have the tools or technology we have now. Another idea the video is portraying is that schools have not changed since 100 years ago. Mr. Winkle recognized the schools because even though technology has changed, the way we educate our students have not made that dramatic shift upwards. This video made a great point and should open people's eyes on our education system to reform for the better. This is a link to the video
Mr. Winkle Wakes
The Importance of Creativity
This video stars Sir Ken Robinson who is an author, speaker, and international advisor on education in the arts. He starts off saying "Education is to take us into the future we cannot grasp". He believes the arts can enhance children capabilities to innovate, capabilities they already have innate in them. Another great point he has made is we run our educational system where we stigmatize mistakes and educate creativity out of our students. He talks about the hierarchy in schools concerning subject matter with math and languages at the top, humanities in the middle, and the arts last; and also we focus on the mind and one side of the mind.
Sir Ken Robinson kept me intrigued in his speech on the arts. He used humor to keep the audience paying attention to the message and that message was the arts in very helpful in the development of a child. Dance, music, and visual arts plays a big part in innovation because it enhances creativity within a child. Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity
Cecelia Gault Interviews Sir Ken Robinson
Education in the United States has been a big topic in discussion. We are falling behind many countries and countries behind us are slowly catching up to us. Also, the arts needs to be more in the curriculum to broaden the capabilities in a student. Since I am concentrating in history I will make sure my students are getting a great education by being hands-on and visual, let them have major input in the discussion, and encouraging critical thinking.
Being hands-on and visual will make history enjoyable because the students get to see how certain situations in history was played out. Students love to be contribute to the discussion instead just hearing a teacher talk for over an hour and they can learn from each other this way. Critical thinking is a major part of history; seeing the underlying issues and problems will make them successful. Cecelia Gault Interviews Sir Ken Robinson
Vicki Davis: Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
Vicki Davis is an IT teacher at Westwood High School, a rural school in South Georgia. She is using technology to better educate her students, she uses wikis, blogs, podcast, and virtual worlds. Vicki Davis does not believe in standing in front of the class talking the entire time. She encourages the students to use the internet to find answers. Also, Ms. Davis focuses on teaching the students how to use new software so they will be comfortable; she says there have been times students taught her the different uses of a software and that is how she knows she is doing a great job at teaching.
Vicki Davis is doing a great job with her students because the students are taking the time to explore and willing to solve problems. If we could get computers in every classroom then more teachers could be like her. I would love to use blogs and video posts to educate my students on history. Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
Good job summarizing the posts! Try to start thinking a little deeper about the importance of the assignments. But overall, very good work! Keep it up!
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"That means we are not competing with India when it comes to educating our children." No, it means that India is over 4 time as large (in population) as the United States. Think about this: 25% of the people in India with two ears is more that the entire population of the United States. That is all that can be taken from the facts presented: India's population is larger by a factor of 4.
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" If we could get computers in every classroom then more teachers could be like her." And if we could get teachers to teach like she does. technology alone will not cure the problems we face.
Well done. I endorse Jacey-Blair's comments above.
Great job Erwin. I really enjoyed reading what you had to say about the videos. I really liked what you had to say about Vicki Davis. I hope by the time I graduate, students will have more access to computers in the classroom so that we will be able to teach them different ways computers can be used.
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