Michael Wesch: A Vision of Students Today
This clip was powerful. The students sitting in a classroom not saying a word, had more than a mouthful. The signs they held up had a lot to say. One girl pointed out that she will complete 49% of her reading assignments but only 26% will be relevant to her life. Another student tells on her sign that she will read 8 books this year, read 2300 web pages, and 1281 facebook profiles. Now that is mind blowing to actually see that a student wrote this. Another says she will write 42 pages for class this semester and 500 emails.
The technology is there but what are we, future educators, going to do to apply this to our classrooms. It is very sad to see a students bring his laptop to class and do everything else on it but class work.
"It's Not About the Technology" by Kelly Hines
Technology is our future and we have got to stay on top of it in order to stay in the race. Countries all around us are getting more and more savvy with their technology. We have the ability and the talent to be learner of anything. So having that ability , we need to open our minds to learning more and then passing that on to our students in the future.
I can argue with you when you say technology is just a tool, not, it is the wave of the future. Without technology we would be lost.
Karl Fisch: Is it okay to be a technologically
illiterate teacher?
Mr. Fisch made some good points pertaining to technology and the future. In the 90s, not knowing how to read and still get a decent job was alright. But now in the 21st century, not knowing anything about technology, to me, is life threatening. Everything we come in contact with in some form or fashion is associated with technology.
Teachers of the future will need to be open to learning more as they teachers their students in order to transfer that information along to them. It was a be harsh to say that if teachers are technologically illiterate they should have their license reviewed. I think everyone can learn, we just learn at different paces.
Gary Hayes Social Media Count
This was amazing to see how rapid things were changing. This is an indication that the world is changing just as fast and it is scary. For me, as a future teacher, I need to get ready to take on a lot.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
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This video clip was power in the way that it displayed the various statistics comparing the United States to different countries. It is absolutely wonderful how it tells you of how behind the United States are. We as a nation need to take heed in these results and step up to the plate and start hitting some homeruns for the United States. Our science and math departments have got do do better about educating their students. The world is moving forward and we are standing still.
Mr Winkle Wakes.
This clip was unique. It showed Mr. Winkle in cartoon and the technology and people were all real. To me this showed a difference in the two worlds of Mr. Winkle. Mr. Winlke's world did not have all this technology as it display in the world of today. The only thing he recognize was the school system and how things were done in his time. Everything pertaining to school was still the same, nothing had change but the computer in the back of the room that had been barely used.
We see in this clip that the schools are behind in technology. The businesses, hospitals and many more have advanced with world in technology. Here we go again being behind in technology in schools, which puts us behind all the other countries.
Vicki Davis: Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
Ms. Davis is an inspiration to me. She is exactly what I want to be when I start my teaching profession. She bring the technology to her students and they teach each other. The project of Terraforming was really a learning experience for her students and her self.
She has her students linked to various countries around the world and that is an experience that they can use in years to come. I want to be able to bring the world inside my classroom and to show my students all the possibilities of the world.
Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity.
Mr. Robinson is passionate about how creativity has been pushed to the side of academics. Seems to me Mr. Robinson was a creative person who has made it and is contributing to society now. The importance of sciences and maths are just as important as creativity but that the differences we have recognize for our students. Forcing a child to learn of something he is not interested in will only put him the box of being a troublemaker. Instead we as future educator have to learn the weaknesses and strengths of the students we plan on educating.
We as teachers have to be creative in order to reach some of our students. So it's not all on the students but us as well.
This video clip was power in the way that it displayed the various statistics comparing the United States to different countries. It is absolutely wonderful how it tells you of how behind the United States are. We as a nation need to take heed in these results and step up to the plate and start hitting some homeruns for the United States. Our science and math departments have got do do better about educating their students. The world is moving forward and we are standing still.
Mr Winkle Wakes.
This clip was unique. It showed Mr. Winkle in cartoon and the technology and people were all real. To me this showed a difference in the two worlds of Mr. Winkle. Mr. Winlke's world did not have all this technology as it display in the world of today. The only thing he recognize was the school system and how things were done in his time. Everything pertaining to school was still the same, nothing had change but the computer in the back of the room that had been barely used.
We see in this clip that the schools are behind in technology. The businesses, hospitals and many more have advanced with world in technology. Here we go again being behind in technology in schools, which puts us behind all the other countries.
Vicki Davis: Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
Ms. Davis is an inspiration to me. She is exactly what I want to be when I start my teaching profession. She bring the technology to her students and they teach each other. The project of Terraforming was really a learning experience for her students and her self.
She has her students linked to various countries around the world and that is an experience that they can use in years to come. I want to be able to bring the world inside my classroom and to show my students all the possibilities of the world.
Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity.
Mr. Robinson is passionate about how creativity has been pushed to the side of academics. Seems to me Mr. Robinson was a creative person who has made it and is contributing to society now. The importance of sciences and maths are just as important as creativity but that the differences we have recognize for our students. Forcing a child to learn of something he is not interested in will only put him the box of being a troublemaker. Instead we as future educator have to learn the weaknesses and strengths of the students we plan on educating.
We as teachers have to be creative in order to reach some of our students. So it's not all on the students but us as well.
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