Blog Post 2

Did You Know By John Strange
In the video Did You Know By John Strange their were  some very shocking statistics. It talked about how frequent people used the Internet and there cell phones.We are preparing people for job that don’t even exists yet. The world is so dependent on technology and one day technology will completely take over. According to this video its already a lot more relevant in people lives then it used to be.
Its really mind boggling how dependent people really are on technology.Its amazing how many people use youtube every second. Most people don’t call anymore they SMS message. When anyone needs a question answered they go to google. Its hard to try to think what life would be without technology. Whether you realize it or not your using technology everyday.

Mr. Winkle Wakes
In the video Mr. Winkle Wakes it opens with Mr. Winkle waking up from a hundred year old nap. He starts walking around to see what has changed.He saw people from talking to people from different countries on computers. He also went into a hospital and saw the technology there. He saw machines keeping people alive and lasers helping people. He was very overwhelmed at how much things have changed. He went to a school but noticed there were no changes in the school. There was a computer but it was not being used.
This video showed perfectly how technology is used everywhere in the real world but not in school. Even the schools that have technology don’t utilize it . Students should learn how to start using technology in the real world that way by the time they have a job they will be masters at using technology. It shows that education is behind in the times.

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
In the video Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity ,Robinson talks about how kids are born to be artists, because of their creative imaginations. They are told at a young age to use that creativity to help them grow. But once they become older they are, in a sense, 'brainwashed' to go through the education system and move on to the adult life, and to discontinue their childhood creativity. He talks about how education kills creativity in his speech. A child has such a broad imagination, but as time goes on and that child becomes an adult, that broad imagination is not so broad anymore. He claims that the more educated an individual becomes, the less creativity is used and the same, boring stuff is used over and over until it is drilled in their heads.

A Vision for 21st Century Learning
In the video A Vision for 21st Century Learning they talk about taking a child out of the normal class room environment to learn and making it fun so the child doesn’t know their learning. They are talking about making it a game where they could learn about other places but actually get to see places in those locations. I think this is a great idea because when things are fun a memorable they will stick and children will want to learn more.


Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
In the video Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts it talks about how she used every type of technology in the class room to teach. She customizes it to the student because not all students are the same but she believes that every student can learn. She believes that students should be able to learn and find some things out on her own.
I think this is very smart . She is letting them interact with people all over the world and give them a since of accomplishment. It gives them something to be proud of. The students get a whole new taste of the world and actually gets to have relations with people they otherwise wouldn’t have the change to interact with.