Blog Post # 2

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%.

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.