Blog Post Assignment 7

This is how we dream

In this presentation he really express the need for everyone to focus on the needs for reading and writing. We are living at the biggest time of change of human communication. In this video he expressed ways to go from a reading/writing to a listening/watching culture. With just books on your particular research you cannot go any deeper you just have what's available in that book. With a computer you can research it deeper and receive many other references to help with your research. I think his research on Virginia Tech killings were incredible especially the view on Bush doctrine how the people voted.
He said how just printing the document and mailing it how people would just throw them away and it lives for only a few days,how if it was on the web it lives forever. That is a very true statement many people wouldn't keep that particular information for a substantial amount of time eventually it ends up in trash. His print and sound document was incredible because each contained a lot of good information. In his lectures he gives you many ways of composing information from different articles or images and creating just one presentation. I think his networking and communicating with others help push his work but also get other opinions to use.
You have many resources such as itunes u to compose many academic lectures. He mention how ideas shouldn't belong to just a individual but as a culture. I think many educators or people in general do not really believe that some people are out just better themselves to only make them look good. People can post there information on youtube or itunes u to get there information out there. I feel like the hard part is getting a university who is willing to get the resources needed to present this to a classroom. I think I am prepared to write with multimedia. I do not completely know everything but willing to learn. I think students will be able to do this because this is the way technology is working towards. Computers are going to be more valuable then ever in the future.

The networked student
I think the video was nice it really showed many of the things our class has used and become familiar with this semester. Who would ever think the need for a book would start to lose so much value. I have learned so much in this class using technology then in any other. The video gives you a more visual insight on how virtual and networked learning is becoming. I think the use of graphics were nice. There was no big presentation but the things use gave everyone a great vision of what they were doing.
A networked teacher is important because she is helps with developing a personal learning network and gives you the tools to use to create one. She offers you guidance and tells you how to communicate properly. How to look for good and bad information. A networking teacher is very valuable to not only give you a grade but also showing you the way to effectively a PLN and how to communicate using a network. I am not yet prepared because I want to create a much more deeper PLN. I think it will be nice to see how the middle school students will react to this type of learning. I think using different types of technology with younger students help create better technology for the future.

Michael Wesch
I enjoyed his video especially the way he broke down why people do things. We as people become who we are through our own interaction with others. The world of youtube is huge, I never really knew how many people use youtube and how many videos are uploaded daily. Youtube gives people a way to connect themselves to the world and let them express themselves freely.