Blog Post 2

Did you know 3.0
The video was very interesting. There was a lot of information and facts on there that I did not know. I did not realize that the population of India was that much larger than the United States and Japan, and it is very interesting that they have more honors student’s than the United States has in total number of students. Soon India will have a very big population problem. It would be interesting to know how they planned to control the population growth.
I also did not realize how fast technology has spread. It took 38 years for the radio to be in 50 million households but only three years for the ipod to reach 50 million users. It shows how much technology has changed and how it is more readily accessible and available than technology was 50 or more years ago.

Mr. Winkles
This video was very interesting. If someone did wake up after 100 years of sleeping they would find themselves in a very strange world. They would be shocked and not know what to do. The world is a completely different place than it was 100 years ago. There were no computers or cars. The technology we have now makes things so much easier than it was years ago. It also saves lives every day.
In the video Mr. Winkles thinks that school has not changed and it is the same as when he attended school, but I do not agree with this. I think that schools have changed a lot in the last 100 years. They have kept up with the technological advances. Most classrooms have computers in them for the students to use.

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
I do not think schools destroy creativity. Although, sometimes it does limit creativity. There is still a time for children to be creative. They do have structured assignments that tell them what they have to do. In some assignments there is no room for creativity.
But there are also activities and assignments teachers can do to let children use their imagination. Art is a good class for children to use their creative skills. Even though they may be told what to draw or what type of materials to use, they are still able to make it look any way they want. They can use different colors or use their imagination of what they think something should look like.
Harness your student’s digital thoughts
She makes a very important point when she says students do not all learn well using paper and pencil. Every student learns differently. Some do well using computers and I think it is a great idea that she uses so many different types of technology to teach her students. It is also interesting how she has her students teach her class.
She also said she does not know everything. No teacher will know how to do everything and we constantly have to expand our knowledge. She explained how her students taught her something new in class that she did not know how to do. She realizes she still has a lot more to learn and lets her students teach her as well as she teaches them. As teachers we need to keep in mind that our students can also teach us.