A VISION OF STUDENTS TODAY-

This movie is very correct about the college experience. I have never understood how or why textbooks

for class are so expensive for class and the teacher NEVER uses them or only uses a couple of chapters.

This very aggravating because at the end of the semester you do get to sell your books back, but you don't get

the full price back, you get less than half usually. As a college student it is very important multi-task and

be very time efficient with your days. Teachers say that for every hour you are in class, you should be

doing two hours of work outside of class. Most college students have to work as well so there is a lot of stuff

college student has to think about when planning their day. It is very scary to see that over 1 billion people

make less than $1 a day. This scares me when thinking about finishing college. The fact that the average

college student leaves college with $20,000 of debt also contributes to the fear of graduating college. Overall,

this is a good film although I thought that when switching to the different facts around the room, the

director could have gone a little bit slower.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY-

This article is very true about saying that we do not need to have all the newest technology for

children to be able to learn the best. We just need teacher who actually care about the students and who will

use the technology as just a tool in the classroom to get the lesson across better. Some lessons might need

a visual or a certain movie clip to help the children to better understand the subject matter, but as a necessity

it is not. Just because it is the 21rst century it does not mean that we need to throw out all of our old teaching methods for some technology. The most important thing is to

make sure that the students are learning the material and understanding the material as well. We can use technology

as a tool to enhance the lesson but we never have to only rely on the use of technology. Basically the teacher of a class

needs to always be aware of what is changing in technology just to maybe apply something to their lesson to further get the

lesson across.

IS IT OK TO BE A TECHNOLOGY ILLITERATE TEACHER?

Technology is very important to learn because our world is constantly changing and more and more times

technology is replacing many of our everyday tools we use. When you do not keep up with what is constantly

changing then it makes it even harder to learn anything. Many times when you finally learn a certain program

or piece of technology, a new version would come out to replace the one you just learned and the new item

more often then not has many new features. This applies to teachers because teachers need to constantly relate

their lessons to the students and the tool that keeps the students engaged is usually technology. Almost every

job that each student will have or experience in their lives will 9 times out of 10 involve some sort of technology.

It is also important for the staff of the school to know what type of technology is out there and how to access it and

use it because even tho they are learning for their classroom, they are also learning for themselves!

GARY'S SOCIAL MEDIA COUNT-

This constant counter of many things that are changing and how technology is a resource that we need to

constantly keep up with. All of these things that are being counted, are prime examples of how fast the world

is changing and how we constantly need to be aware of what is new in the technology world and how to use that

technology to reach the students that we will be teaching in the future. Technology is a huge key in the world

and it will require many of the students to be able to know how to use it and all of the benefits that it has.

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DID YOU KNOW? 3.0-

This video was very informative and made me think a lot about our ever changing world. Some of the facts were very interesting, one fact that China would be soon the #1 English speaking country in the world and the fact that the top 10 jobs in 2010 did not exist in the year 2004. These are prime examples as to how the world is growing and advancing in technology at alarming rates. It seems as though when a new technology come out you need to learn it fast because in a couple of years they will come up with a new version of the one you are using or they will have a whole new machine that will do what you originally wanted and more! Another shocking fact that i learned was that today's learner will have 10-14 jobs by the time they are 38 years old. This is very shocking to someone who is getting ready to graduate and looking forward to finding a job. Knowing this would be very hard to keep me motivated to go find a job. There is no longer job security and this might prevent a lot of people from trying to start families because they might not have confidence or assurance that they will even have a job.

Mr. Winkle Wakes-

When Mr. Winkle woke he found himself to be in a totally different world. He was in a world that was full of technology and loud, frustrating sounds. He went to a place of business and found that all the technology there was making him sick so he went to a hospital. He had found that the technology there was also a bit much so he left. When he was walking from the hospital he had found a school. He felt very comfortable and safe at this school because there was no technology there and everything was just the same as he remembered how school was. He had seen a computer in the back of the room but, it had dust on it and looked like it had not been used in a while. It is so amazing how funding is always being taken away from education yet, we don't understand why more and more students are not performing at their full capability. I believe if we spent equal of not more amount of time as to how much time and money we spend on other projects such as businesses and hospitals, the students of the united states would have more avenues and options as to how they can retain information or just engage the students.

The Importance of Creativity-

Sir Ken Robinson is a very humorous man. He is explaining how education needs to nurture creativity. He says that education will take us into a future that we cannot grasp. We are educating students for the future, but we cannot predict how the future will be. Children who are graduating now will retire in the year 2065. This fact is overwhelming because one has to think about how the economy will in that year. With the facts that were given in earlier assignments we can see that students need to be educated to their top potential because the need to be able to keep a job. Sir Robinson believes that creativity is just as important as literacy in the world of education. Creativity is different within each child and Sir Robinson feels as though educators need to focus on their students creativity so that do not loose this priceless gift. As educators we should not focus on just having the students memorize information and being able to repeat what was taught. We need to rethink how we educate our students and we need to focus on how we can keep the students engaged and wanting to be a part of their classrooms. By having the students come up with ways to learn creatively, it could be a possibility that the students would have more fun in the classroom and would want to participate more.

Harness your students-

This was a good video to see how teacher are really trying to keep up with their students and what kinds of technology that they use. This teacher is not only helping her students learn but, she is also learning from them because some of the students take it upon themselves to advance and they will learn new things that the teacher did not know she could ever do. This is the perfect way to really engage and get through to her students. As a student who likes technology i would enjoy going to her class everyday.