Friday, September 2, 2011

Blog Post # 2

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1. Did you Know? 3.0; by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod;  Did you Know? 3.0. This video was about 4 minutes and 56 seconds long; and it was about how the world is changing every second in technology. Most of the technology that we used today in the year 2011 we did not know what it was a few years ago. Many other countries are becoming as technology advance as we are in the United States. In the video, we were listed as #19 on the list of technology countries and  Bermuda was #1.The video also talked how China is becoming an English specking country and many many other things.

The video was very informative. There were a lot of things that was in the video that I didn't know. I didn't know that the internet was just invented 4 years ago and the first text message was sent in 1992. We are becoming more and more technology advanced every second. Something else that I found interesting was that the people who are planning to go into technology as a career by the time they are in their second year the technology that they learned about will be out grown. That was amazing to me. This video really opened my eyes to how much things change in a matter of seconds.

2. Mr. Winkle Wakes; By: Matthew Nettleman; Mr.Winkle Wakes. This video was about 2 minutes and 51 seconds. It was about a man named Mr. Winkle and he awoke from an 100 year sleep. When he woke up he saw that the world had changed around him. He woke up and walked up a building that had a lot of different technology in it. The building had busy people, fax machines, printers and computers. Mr. Winkle did not like that so he went to the hospital because he was feeling sick. In the hospital, there was those same machines that he had seen earlier so he went to a school. In the school he saw that everything was still the same; the students were sitting at a desk taking notes from the teacher. Mr. Winkle felt comfortable there and that is how the story ended.

This video put out a point that even though everything around us is changing, something things are still the same. Mr. Winkle did not feel comfortable around things that did not make sense to him or the things that he did not understand. There are a lot of people in this world who are the same way and they just rather not deal with it. As the world changes we have to change also but no matter what some things will never change.

3.Importance of Creativity; by Sir Ken Robinson; Importance of Creativity. This video is about 19 minutes and 29 seconds long. Sir Ken Robinson talks about how children are educated out of creativity. He states that art should be as important as math. He says that all children are born creative and as they get older they become so scared of being wrong that they end up not wanting be creative anymore.

As educators we should encourage children to be creative and draw. School should not be all about books, it should be about expressing yourself and having fun.

4.Interview of Sir Ken Robinson and an article written by Cecilia Gault; Interview of Ken Robinson. This interview is about Sir Ken Robinson saying that creativity is very important. He also says that children need to become more into technology. He believes that there are 3 myths to creativity: all people are creative, everybody have creative ablilites, and creativity can be taught.

The article is about how we, America, need to take a lesson from schools overseas. Even though they have shorter school days their drop out rate is less than 1%; while in America its 25%.

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5.Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts; by: Vicki Davis; Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts. This video is about 4 minutes and 49 seconds. Vicki Davis talks about how she uses all types of technology in her classroom. She uses technology to capture her students; also she do not have to be in the front of the classroom all the time. Technology helps her to relate better with her students.

4 comments:

  1. Good job on the post! However, try to relate the message of the assignments to teaching and try to give us more opinion! We love opinions, even if we don't agree with it! And don't forget pictures!:]

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  2. "In the video, we were listed as #19 on the list of technology countries and Bermuda was #1." Well, this had to do with the percentage of the population that had access to high speed internet service. The City of Mobile is 5 times as large as Bermuda. That makes it much easier, much easier for bermuda to be wired than it is for the United States to do so (or even Mobile).

    "I didn't know that the internet was just invented 4 years ago." Fourteen years ago (in its present form).

    We want you to be a "Vicki Davis teacher".

    I endorse Jacey-Blair's comments found in the comment above.

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  3. I really agree with your post! I enjoyed watching all the the videos myself! How do you feel about the world using technology more and more? I think that if people don't watch out they will get left behind technology wise. I can see that I'm going to really enjoy readying your post so I look forward to them!

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  4. Hi! I enjoyed your post. I felt the pictures were a nice touch too. One thing I did notice is that, the further along in the post there seem to be less content. You started with two strong paragraphs, but dwindled to just one for the last video. Other than that I enjoyed your summaries of the videos and look forward to reading more of your posts.

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