Blog Post Assignment 2

A vision of students today

This video is incredible it really breaks down and portrays the college experience very well. I think the only point that didn't really qualify would be the over crowded classrooms. I agree we as students purchase these expensive textbooks that we never really use during class or need for reading. There are plenty of students who pay for class but only show for test day. One of the most important points is the fact that when we accomplish this goal of graduating we will all be in some kind of debt.

I liked the opening message that stated "Today's child is bewildered when he enters the 19th century environment that still characterized the educational establishment where information is scarce but ordered and structured by fragmented, classified patterns subjects, and schedules." Marshall McLuhan 1967. I agree some reading done in class is just too much and very little will play a role in your life later on. I think students today school is very stressful and time consuming that's why some rarely ever come back. The only thing that keeps most motivated is that we need this to be successful and have the nicer things in life. I think the progress of technology has made everyone learn more than ever before. I think this movie captures students college life well. If I had to add anything to this it would be more of the life on campus in different organizations but also the things needing to be done at home with your family.

Its not about the technology

I agree with Mrs. Hines when she stated "While I completely agree with the fact that these are innovative tools for teaching and learning, I do not agree that these are the first thing we need to intrigue change in our classrooms." I feel these are great tools but in order to get a child to concentrate you shouldn't need i pods and podcast to make a child pay attention maybe to enhance a child's learning. If each teacher and student could connect more mentally then the access need for technology wouldn't matter. The four things a teacher must recognize were correct. #1 Teachers must be learners, to demonstrate that no matter what school you graduate from no matter how many awards you have won, you need to be able to keep up with the world your kids live in. I feel like following a curriculum is all nice and good but each student needs a teacher who is willing to go beyond that to enhance there learning.
#2 Learning and teaching are not the same thing. I feel that no matter how many times you teach a certain topic if a student doesn't get it then the job isn't yet complete. i think a teacher should listen to students input to see which parts should be better explained or if someone has a better way to help understand the lesson. #3 Technology is useless without good teaching, if you don't know how to use it how are you going to be able to show someone else how to. A teacher needs to know when to use technology. #4 Be a 21st century teacher without technology . Great point I think technology is nice but if a student cannot remember you for more than that then the job your doing isn't good enough. I want kids to feel comfortable with me as a teacher and also someone they can come talk too about there problems. To be able to be a good parental guidance is important if i can save one person from the streets and gangs I will doing my job well. I think passion and determination is the key to success.

Is it okay to be technologically illiterate teacher

I agree with him throughout this post a teacher needs to be able to have some kind of technological literacy. A person has to be able to learn these particular tools in order to even be successful in there teachings. How are we suppose to motivate someone else to learn if weren't willing to motivate ourselves to learn more about technology which is the face of the earth today. One thing I liked the most was the fact that he knows technology is the end and be all of education.
The statement "If a teacher today is not technologically literate and is willing to make the effort to learn more its equivalent to a teacher 30 years ago who didn't know how to read and write" This is true how are you going to teach if you don't want to learn also. This post is incredible the way he broke the century differences down. Because the more technology being created and discovered the more each century a person is going to be required to learn and will go into not only teaching but ever profession.

Media Count

This media count just shows you how much technology is being used within seconds across the world. Many people wouldn't think changes happen that quick but obviously they do. I never would of thought that much money is spent on gifts on facebook. All these social networks are becoming even more popular to where even our parents are joining things such as facebook. I remember hearing people talk about how pointless it was and how dangerous but now there joining in on the fun. I think those sites are only safe as you want them to be. I think the graph shows us as students that if things are increasing like this within seconds in the future when technology is supposedly getting bigger then we are going to have our hands full inside those classrooms. To some people that could be very intimidating because they want to be paid more for the increase in work they are responsible for now. Technological literacy will always be a most to be able to teach and even more communicate with the world more successfully, because you need to have some understanding to relate this things to other students.