Blog Post 2

DID YOU KNOW
This was an informative and interesting video about the advancement of technology and the human race. It shows how far we have come from the past and how fast we are still progressing. It's puzzling how far we have come in technology and so much more we will discover in the future. It could be looked at as being a scary situation with what knowledge we have but hopefully it will be put to good use.

Nothing is instantly popular overnight but when a technology craze finally does catch on it is incredible how big it grows. For instance, Myspace has 200 million subscribers and all the text each day exceeds the number of the world population. I could not imagine that at first but if a survey is done there are people that admit to texting more than 500 text a day.

MR. WINKLE WAKES
In this video it talks about how far we have come since Mr. Winkles fell asleep. The world has even changed a lot compared to a few years ago. Online there is something always new being discovered and becomes the new trend. Our classroom's are becoming more and more technology inclined but the curriculum being taught is still the same as many years ago.

One thing that is proven is that school curriculum will never change. There may be classes added like computers that are more technology advanced but reading, writing, history and math will always be the same. Students are being taught harder curriculum at a younger age since there is more being discovered about it but it still is the same information that has always been used. Technology also could never completely take the place of a teacher.

SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY
The most forgotten about class in school is art. Most schools think that this is the least important subject of all. People have been "taught" to do more job friendly activities and curriculum. For some people football and baseball are more reachable goals than an art interest. Ken Robinson states that everyone has the ability to do some sort of art while young but we do not use it as much as we should. If you don't use it, you lose it.

If we were all like kids then we would not be afraid to be wrong and we would use our creative side. He talks about a boy who called frankincense "Frank sent it." In a sense we need to be more like children and never stop using our creative side. As a parent and future teacher, I feel I should try to encourage the schools to put the arts higher on the priority list and it not be the first one to go when there is a budget cut.

CECILIA GAULT INTERVIEWS SIR KEN ROBINSON
In order to have all students getting the proper education the schools need to have a well rounded curriculum. Most schools think that the only important thing is reading, writing, history, science and math but in fact it is not. There are students out there that are very brilliant but are not able to use their ability in the way they know how, in an art class.

For my class, I plan on having a well rounded curriculum to enhance all of my students' abilities. Some teachers only worry about meeting standards, which are important, but then other students are not given full advantage. When there are budget cuts the arts are the first thing to go; when I am a teacher I will try to encourage the schools to find a different way to leave the arts in school. No person, young or old, should be told that they are not good in art. Just because a person does not posses the ability in the beginning does not mean that they could not practice and get better.

HARNESS YOUR STUDENTS' DIGITAL SMARTS
The classroom in this video shows how well technology can be used and how a person can teach their self a lot without having to be a computer wizard. Vicki Davis has her class interacting in all different types of online programs including making videos for other parts of the world. They have talked to different classrooms all over the world using wiki, podcasts, blogs and virtual worlds.

Vicki's class shows her that she does not have to know everything about the computer and internet in order to teach the class. She embraces that her students teach her to. Since there is always something new coming up in the internet world it is hard for any one person to keep up with it and interacting with different people in class and online helps to become more technology literate.