Blog Post 1

Did You Know?

This video really caught my attention, not only because it made me realize how much our economy and world has changed, it was also the shock of how quick technology is improving as I am typing this message. While I was watching this video I began to realize the importance of learning as much as I can about computers. The main segment of this video that scared me the most was the section about the computers. Computers currently are amazing to me and they perform more tasks than I thought they ever would. Upon realizing how much they can do, it is frightening to me to think that computers will be smarter than the human brain one day.

When I was watching this video it shocked me to see how many babies were born in the United States, compared to how many were born in China, Japan and other places. The reason why it startled me was because with all the kids and young teenagers there, compared to how many are here, you would think that our students would be smarter. The reason why I believe this is due to the simple fact that we should have better student to teacher ratio than other countries, which in turn should mean we should have kids with higher I.Q'S than many other countries, but we do not.


Mr.Winkle Wakes!

I thought this was a pretty neat video. At the beginning I was wandering what the point in this video was going to be, but i quickly figured it out. I believe this video was trying to show us that technology is changing so much, that we do not have time to SLEEP on it. In today's world we have to wake up our minds and our thoughts and put our thoughts into action. Without risks and failures you will never get better at anything.

I noticed how Mr. Winkle got confused about a lot of different things right off the bat, but he was still anxious to get help because this was all making him sick. I thought it was kind of neat though when he was in the midst of all the confusion and sickness, that he still found a place of peace. I believe firmly that no matter what, every human being will always have one place that they can go, or one person that they can talk to that will always give them peace. I really liked the part of the video that showed him smiling, because this to me showed that once we have all found a place that we are comfortable with, our minds seem to be more attracted to the goal in which we set for ourselves.

Harness Your Students Digital Smarts

I believe that the teacher in this video really enjoys her job and also loves the students. The way she talked about how she liked to show the kids what to do and then let them pretty much teach her what they had learned was pretty neat to me. Vikki makes the digital world an interesting one and I can see where students would relate to her teaching strategy very well. It was pretty neat to see how students at such a young age were able to catch on and remember what they had learned.

I liked the part where she pointed out that you do not have to know everything to be a teacher. I believe that no matter what, you will always be learning. I think that if we do not begin learning new technology each and every day though, that one day it will catch up with us whenever a student ask a question about computer that we do not know.

The Importance of Creativity

I liked how he started out telling everyone that he loved the fact that he had no idea how any of the things he was going to be telling them would play out. When he brought up the fact that education was to bring us into this future that we can not grasp, it made me realize how important education and creativity are. I liked the fact that he said creativity is just as important as literacy. One of the main quotes he used that I liked was when he said that if we are not prepared to be wrong then we will never come up with anything original. To me this is saying that too many people in this world today are just being followers and not leaders.

When he said that Shakespeare was at one time in someone's English class, this reminded me that no matter how much we know, there will always be something else to learn about each and everyday. He brought up an interesting topic that i did not know about, and it was the fact that there were no public education systems before the Industrial Age. The main thing I can say I took from this video was how much our creativity has blemished away, and if we do not bring it back then we will be in big trouble in the future.