Blog Post #2

DID YOU KNOW?-by Karl Fisch and Scott Mcleod
 This video was pretty neat. It shows that the world is ever evolving and we continue to grow.

I think it is funny how we are learning things and being taught things that in a couple of years

will be outdated and no longer vaild. The fact that we spend most of our life in school and learing about things

that have already happend doesnt seem to make since. If the world is changing and new technology is emerining everyday then whats the point in learning the old things. We are creating new jobs everyday just so

people can have one and its pretty interesting that in 2004 half the jobs that are out there now didnt even exist.
MR. WINKLE WAKES-by Mathew Needleman
This video shows that technology is changing rapidly and people are needing to learn quickly how to adapt.

Back twenty years ago there was not computers in the classroom and there was not internet access. The world is quickly evolving into a robot run world. Classrooms now have PowerPoint presentations insead of the teachers writing on the chalk boards and having handouts for notes. I like that things have gotten easier, such as writing papers. Computers are now used for everything. No more handwriting or time consuming assignments.

THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVITY- by Sir Ken Robinson
Children are not afraid to be wrong. I think it is important that kids have a lot of creativity. All children are eventually taught out of being creativite and expressing their views and ideas. I still to this day love drawing and imagining things that are not of this world, as almost living in a different world. I think letting children be who they are and not what we want them to be is better. We are all cookiecutters of on another. There are so few people now adays that have different opinions on things. No one can stand up for themselves or what they believe in becuase we are afraid to be wrong.
CECELIA GAULT-interviewed Sir Ken Robinson
The three myths of creativity-everyone is creativity, creavitity with anything, and being able to teach it.

I think that is sad that the US has such a high drop out rate. I like the idea of taking kids on more field trips and letting them explore nature and ancient artifacts. Learing others cultures is also important. Understanding where other people come from and what there day to day is like would help the bullying, and or dismissal of others. I think that more school should have more art class. I only know of a few schools with theses classes. There is also only a few colleges with this certain major.

HARNESS YOUR STUDENTS DIGITIAL SMARTS-by Vicki Davis
The world is evolving into a "comptuer." So why not encourage the students to learn how to work a computer and how to use it to their advantages. I agree with Vicki when she said that only using papers and pensils will only allow some students to suceed. Not all students learn in one way. Digi Teen is pretty neat. I like the students are posting there assignments and blogs and its also allowing them to study with other students.