Response to Films

Karl Fisch: Did You Know? 3.0

I thought this video was very interesting. The fact that the top ten in-demand jobs for 2010 did not even exist only six years ago is fascinating. To think that half of what technology students learn in their first year will be outdated by their third year of school is actually quite funny to me. We depend so highly on technology now days. A person can get a college degree without ever having to set foot inside a classroom. Some people depend on it to find the person they will spend the rest of their life with. One of eight couples who got married last year met online. A few years ago I don't think many people would have admitted to finding their husband or wife on the internet. Now, it is widely accepted.

I think it is amazing how much information we have at our fingertips. To be able to read one newspaper for only a week and know more information than a person is likely to find out in their entire life in the 18th century blows my mind. They couldn't get a message from one town to the next without physically going to the town. Now, we can send a text message to anyone around the world without having to get up. I can't wait to see what a person's mind will come up with in the future.

Mathew Needleman: Mr. Winkle Wakes

This video portrayed how much technology how much technology has advanced over the years, but it has not been used in schools. I don't fully agree with this video. I think that there have been some technological advances for schools. We can now take a whole course online. Some, though not all, schools have computers in the classrooms.

Thought there has been some technological advances for schools, I don't think there has have been as many as there have been n other areas. I think there should be more advances, but I don't think that any technology can take the place of a good teacher. Also, even though there are some schools with computers in the classroom, there should be many more schools with them.

Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity:

This video as very interesting. I completely agree with what he was saying. I think that he was right in saying that creativity is just as important in education as literacy. Also, kids aren't afraid of being wrong. As we grow up we get more frightened of being wrong. If we are scared of being wrong I think that we don't  go as far into our creativity as we could. Maybe we don't think others will understand or approve of what we have come up with.

I think he was right in saying that children are steered away from doing something they like, because people told them they could never get a job doing that. There are tons of people who want to be dancers or singers, but they will never make it in the world doing that. If we are too afraid to do what we really want to do and do something else, we could be crippling ourselves for life. We will end up doing something that we don't love and be miserable. Nobody wants a job for the rest of their life that dread going to everyday

Vicki Davis: Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts

I thought this was a great video. I liked the part where she talked about  having the students come up and teach the class how to do something new. I think she was right in disagreeing with teachers who say that  you have to know everything about something to be able to teach it. I think there is always something we can learn about any subject. The children of today have grown up with all this technology that we have.

I think it is a great thing to have classes such as this one in schools. These students aren't only learning more about technology. They are able to communicate and work on projects with students all over the world. Many years ago a person would be laughed at for suggesting the students do a project with students half way around the world