Did you know? 3.0 – John Strange 2012 Version by John Strange
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I watched the video Did you know? 3.0 - A John Strange 2012 Version by John Strange. I though this video was very interesting and provided me with facts I did not already know. I had no clue that our country is so illiterate compared to other countries across the globe. For example, 25% of India’s population has stronger IQs then our entire country combined. India started becoming more knowledgeable than the United States in kindergarten which explains so much because the smaller you are when you learn the more you remember. It was very interesting how the top 25% of kindergarteners will soon be the honor students in high school and I would understand how that is possible because the more you learn when your little the longer the knowledge stays with you as you get older.
I think that the facts made about the internet and technology is incredible. Our world has become more and more dependent on technology and people all over the world devote so much time to their computers instead of getting out and interacting face to face with human beings. I think the number of times Americans visit Google and YouTube is outrageous but does not surprise me at all. Also, the amount of text messages sent throughout the day by students did not surprise me because this is the problem with students they have lost the interest to communicate with others and are just concerned about phones or computers. I have seen this become a problem because I have seen someone instead of dealing with a problem with another student they text their response to the problem and the issue only becomes bigger. I believe that it is ruining our society and the need for students to learn and interact with others. Overall, I thought it was a great video because it provided me with knowledge I had known about but did not realize the severity of the problems we are having in this country and the challenges I will be dealing with as an educator.
Mr. Winkle Wakes
You can check out this video at Mr. Wrinkle Wakes
The Mr. Winkle Wakes video by Mathew Needleman starts out with Mr. Winkle waking up from a coma after 100 years of sleeping and realizes the world has become more advance. He first walks into the hospital and sees that people are being kept alive by machines and masks they are wearing. He also notices all the computers in the offices that people are working from and the telephones surrounding them. It is not until he walks into the schools that everything seems normal again.
After watching the video Mr. Winkle Wakes, it made me realize how much technology has increased over the years and how much it has changed our society. Personally I think that it has changed for the good and the worse for society because it has increased our chances in helping save lives and make people’s lives easier but also has decreased the ability to communicate with the outside world. Overall, I believe that the technology has advanced for the better use of our society rather than the worse because things are becoming easier and we are saving more lives. The one place that technology has not advanced is the school system in which students are still receiving lectures and taking notes without technology. I believe that they should increase the technology in schools because if it is being used so much in the real world then the students need to already be familiar with it.
Sir Ken Robinson – The Importance of Creativity
This video can be viewed at The Importance of Creativity
The video of the importance of creativity by Sir Ken Robinson talks about the creativity in schools. It was very interesting the man talked about how creativity in schools is not stressed as much as literacy, but it is just as important. I completely agree with this statement because it is so important that children express their full potential of their creative mind. This video tells about how no matter if the child knows what their talking about or not they take a shot at it anyways and explain what they do know and are never afraid of being wrong. He tells us that a big problem we are having in schools is kids are being educated out of creativity and it is said that we are born artists but we are not able to express it because we are taught out of creative minds.
He starts to talk about his move to America. He talks about the educational system and how they are all the same and the systems are very similar in how the arts are disregarded. He talks about how we teach math everyday but not dance and music and they can be elective and should be required courses. I agree with this statement because it is important to experience with your creative mind as much as it is to experience with your intellectual part of your mind. Overall, this video is talking about how the education is not diverse and just focuses on one aspect when really there is so many parts of learning. People around the world are not being able to get jobs when their getting out of college because they do not have a master or PhD and need to go to more school, so they are resorting to video games and giving up. I think that schools should go back to being diverse and should teach students all the aspects of learning both creative and intellectual.
My Reaction to A Day Made of Glass
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The video A Day Made of Glass by corningincorporated gave me a scare about what our future is coming too. After watching all the videos about glass, the future, schools, and Mr. Wrinkle Wakes I have learned about how fast technology advances in society. I believe that these advances are good and bad in different ways. I think that technology can be good in ways that help us save lives and find cure for cancer, but it takes away from the knowledge in our brain and how much we have learned in schools. It is becoming to the point that machines are running our lives and we are not even creating our own thoughts. It is hurting our communication skills in order to interact with others and have a face to face conversation.
These technology advances are preventing children around the world from going outside and playing. I believe that it is taking away from the creative mind that children have because schools are being forced to focus on the intellectual part rather than the creative part. I think schools should prepare the students for the rapid changes in society because in schools everything is not advancing like it is in the real world and everything is still being done manually. I think that technology is advancing too fast for humans to keep up with and eventually will take over the world and we will no longer have to do anything manual like it was showed in the A Day Made of Glass video. Overall, I am scared for our society and the rate that technology is advancing because it is becoming too much and people are starting not be involved with the outside world.
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Assignment 1 Blog
About Me
Mary Angela Martin
My name is Mary Angela Martin and I am a sophomore at the University of South Alabama. I am from Mobile, Alabama and went to St. Paul’s Episcopal school. I am in a family of six and we are very close. My brother and I both go to college in Mobile while my sisters are still attending St. Paul’s. My mom and dad’s entire family live in Mobile and they both have families of six and eight. I grew up with a big close family and we do everything together. I am attending the University of South Alabama because I was recruited for the women’s tennis team. It was never one of my choices but last minute I came and looked around the campus and had a meeting with the coach and loved it. I have changed my major repeatedly throughout the year and I have come to a final decision of elementary education. I believe that this major would best suit me because I love working with kids and helping them with their future. I have many different passions but the most important one is tennis. I love playing tennis and have grown up playing it my entire life. I also love going to the beach and could lay out on the beach all day. I would love to just watch movies all day rather than read because I have never enjoyed reading but wish I did learn to love it. Randy Pausch Time Management Video
I learned some valuable tips in this video. I learned that you need to understand why you write something down and the purpose in why you need to achieve this task. I also learned that it is important that instead of being concerned about doing it right rather than worry about doing the right thing. I really liked the tip about good judgment coming from experience and experience comes from bad judgment. It also talked about how planning is done in different stages and in order to change your plans you must have one first. It states also do the hardest stuff first and instead of just staring at it and not wanting to do it you should not think and just do the task. I do not know anything else about Randy but I would love to find out more about him because he seemed like an interesting man.
My name is Mary Angela Martin and I am a sophomore at the University of South Alabama. I am from Mobile, Alabama and went to St. Paul’s Episcopal school. I am in a family of six and we are very close. My brother and I both go to college in Mobile while my sisters are still attending St. Paul’s. My mom and dad’s entire family live in Mobile and they both have families of six and eight. I grew up with a big close family and we do everything together. I am attending the University of South Alabama because I was recruited for the women’s tennis team. It was never one of my choices but last minute I came and looked around the campus and had a meeting with the coach and loved it. I have changed my major repeatedly throughout the year and I have come to a final decision of elementary education. I believe that this major would best suit me because I love working with kids and helping them with their future. I have many different passions but the most important one is tennis. I love playing tennis and have grown up playing it my entire life. I also love going to the beach and could lay out on the beach all day. I would love to just watch movies all day rather than read because I have never enjoyed reading but wish I did learn to love it. Randy Pausch Time Management Video
I learned some valuable tips in this video. I learned that you need to understand why you write something down and the purpose in why you need to achieve this task. I also learned that it is important that instead of being concerned about doing it right rather than worry about doing the right thing. I really liked the tip about good judgment coming from experience and experience comes from bad judgment. It also talked about how planning is done in different stages and in order to change your plans you must have one first. It states also do the hardest stuff first and instead of just staring at it and not wanting to do it you should not think and just do the task. I do not know anything else about Randy but I would love to find out more about him because he seemed like an interesting man.
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