Did You Know? By: Karl Fisch
This video is amazing! All the different statistics and predictions really blew my mind. The technological world is changing so fast it is getting hard to keep up with. We are always trying to improve the way we learn and with all this new technology I think it will really help us do so.
In this video I found it very interesting to learn that by 2013 a computer will exceed the human brain and by 2049 a computer may exceed the entire human species. That is unbelievable! I am really looking forward to all these new changes. It is going to be neat to watch our world grow more "technologically shabby". All this technology will only advance the human mind and I think that is wonderful!
Mr. Winkle Wakes by: Mathew Needleman
This is a very cute video with a cartoon named Mr. Winkle. After 100 years of being asleep he finally wakes up in a whole new world. He sees how the world has changed drastically in so many ways and he feels a little uncomfortable. After noticing all these changes he went into a school. He was glad to know that education was just like he remembered it being. There were no interruptions from the outside world and children were still listening to the teacher and taking notes.
This is very true and it is important that children learn without any interruptions. School is one of the only places that children can go and learn without worrying about any interruptions. Students should be concentrating on learning and not on the outside world. This opened my eyes and I am glad to know that somethings do stay the same even in the advanced world we live in.
The Importance of Creativity by: Sir Ken Robinson
This video is a little long but I agree with most of Sir Ken Robinson's messages he makes throughout this video. He sends messages of how it is important to not stop a child's creative mind. Creativity is important to have because it brings out a persons orginality. He brought up a point that children usually grow out of creativity and I agree with this. Teachers are usually telling you what you can and cannot do. An example of this is art projects.
He told a story that a teacher asked the student what they were drawing and they said a picture of God. The teacher told the student that we didn't know what God looked like. This is a prime example of someone taking away a child's creativity. In the schools today they have such strict policies on what is being taught but they are not teaching students how to be creative. I hope when I have my own classroom I will be able to let my student express there creativity in most of everything we do.
Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts by: Vikki Davis
Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts Edutopia
This video is about a teacher name Vikki Davis from South Georgia. She likes to use whatever technology she can to get students to connect to the world. This is important that students learn how to do this now because in a few years they may be doing this anyway and it will be beneficial to know. She believes that students learn in different ways and I also believe this. Students should have more options on how they learn then just sitting there listening to a teacher. Even though listening to teachers is very beneficial some students may have a different way of learning and that should be noticed.
It is important that students become comfortable with technology because it is rapidly changing. Davis and another lady founded Digiteen.I think they had a wonderful idea that helps connect teens to other parts of the world. Students from around the world connect and write about topics they are assigned. Students and teachers both blog about what was written. Being connected with the world gives you other ideas then just those you get from where you live. This can help broaden ones approach about their ideas and to expand them to others.
I loved Sir Ken Robinson's video about creativity being taken away from children. I think it is pertinent to encourage a child to be their own individual. I also agree that as a child ages, he grows out of his creative being. We are taught that. We are teaching our children that there is one way to be, one way to learn. And I also think that is the wrong thing to be teaching our students. I hope, along with you, that our generation of teachers can open our minds and grow out of that way of thinking.
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