Blog Post # 2 Writing a Quality Blog Post

Did you know?


I did learn new things from watching the video which changed my mind set in a matter of minutes. First, the main thing is that I did not know that India's country is smarter than the United States. Also talking about this, I did not know that India had more k-12 students than the United States. That should tell all of our people, especially all education majors in school not done, that everyone should work harder at whatever they do so we will not be so far behind India in the brain!
As far as the job topic goes, I did not know that the top 10 jobs in the United States were not even around in 2004. The good thing about this act is that new job opportunities opened up and should keep doing so. The reason that I think more jobs will come about is because the technology will only get better in time. It is a prediction that by year 2013, a supercomputer will be built which will exceed computational capabilities of the human brain. The thing that is a ironic is that 2013 is the year after the world goes through its unpredictable stage.

Mr. Winkle Wates


This was a short story(that was neat). about an older man who wakes up from a 100 year nap. He is very confused with what is around him. He walks into a business building and notices that the business workers are doing their work online through the internet, talking to the other person basically across the world. Mr. Winkle got a sick feeling and his gut because he is not used to seeing this, so he left. Mr. Winkle then leaves the business area and goes into a hospital he sees not to far from the business area. Once he walks in to seek help, he realizes that new looking material he has never seen before is in it being used on everyone it seems. The thing about the hospital that upsets Mr. Winkle is when he sees the machines hooked up to peoples bodies helping them survive.
Once he walks out of the hospital from that same sick feeling from the business area, he leaves the area and finds a school after a lot of walking. In the school, he sees a class of students and a teacher lecturing for hours to the students, as they take notes. Mr. Winkle finds himself in a sense that he is used to here, and admits that he likes school. Now, the students in the class did not look to thrilled about being in school, yet Mr. Winkle stayed in that class the rest of the time. Mr. Winkle's main point out of this video was that even though technology has changed so much in the past century, there are some places throughout the world who have not changed one bit, like certain schools.

The importance of Creativity


     Towards the beginning of the video, he points out a thing that I have never thought of. Children just starting school this year will be retiring at the year 2065. I agree with his point on how the future in the world is unpredictable completely. He makes an arguable case about how creative thinking should be just as important as literature. Hey, I am not complaining with this guy because I am not the best with Literature! His statement "You need to be prepared to be considered wrong" is a very useful tool in anything, because with whatever it is you are dealing with, if you perfect it, there is not a chance of you being wrong. The only thing to remember that is logic to his statement is- no body is perfect. The catch about the world is in the education system, at some level, you can say that is even because across the world every same subject is taught! I did not know this information at all.
     To get to know specifics about anyone's strengths/talents, I think it is a very thoughtful idea of how Mr. Ken Robinson explains the three things to intelligence. The three "d's" are diversity, dynamic, and distinct. With a diversity topic on anybody, it would be a good idea to talk to your parents with a doctor about all of the subjects you like, which will show your interests in everything, especially with the help of a professional. The next d is dynamic. This will help with how much you should do the things you like to do in a specific amount of time each day, or time you do it. The third d is distinct. To be very distinct in a certain area of music or art, would mean that if you show people your talent in that, you can get recognized. He also mentions how a degree in "his time" meant you would get a job, and how in today's world if you have a college degree, that doesn't mean you automatically have a job. There are a lot of good things about women compared to men, I will admit, and Mr. Robinson mentions how women are a lot better at multitasking than men are. That comes to a point with me, why in the world do we have men as president?

A vision for the 21st century


     For this video on the next step in the way of learning, I do not like how no names are mentioned. The reason is because it is about making a 3D game that any student could access on the internet. The word game is italicized for a really good reason. For any aged human being that has any type of fun in their life, between the two words work and fun, I would argue that most of them would choose the word fun. This word can apply to the new way of education that is not yet created but seems like it is in the working.
     It seems to me that if this invention comes out, does that mean all students have to attend class? I mean, if you have a game that is based on learning education and you can go around the world on it to any place for learning purposes, I don't think school would be a requirement. As long as you have a reliable computer that works, then you could do all of the school work at your house! The opposing side to this is every current/future teacher would be completely jobless, which would only up the percentage of the jobless everywhere. So, the second type of way they can only do this is if every student has a computer in the classroom. Well, where are they going to get all of that money? Maybe it's the $3.45 cents for 87 type gas. Or maybe it is something to do with tax money. Those two things, or it will have to be in the future as well, which would simply be raising the costs for every student to go to school. The eye catcher of this video is th last statement, "We are going to make it happen". This, again, tells me that the system is already been working on or, is thought about getting worked on.

Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts

     This women on this video says, "only some students can succeed with just a pencil and a piece of paper". I do agree with that, only because some students lose their attention at a immature age, which I agree is a valid argument. This teacher teaches her students how to use certain types of technology in very different ways. For  finding definitions, she tells her students to look up whatever word on Google chrome which gives all of the definitions.
     She created a site for her students where they can do projects together as a complete group, instead of being scared to do projects alone. As long as the teacher is aware that each student attends class and is working on what they should be working on, sure, I will agree that her way could be a better way of learning. The catch to her situation would be that she has to be on an a game task for explaining how to do something specific for class work. Because what happens if a student really is sick and does not attend school? I feel like that person would have a difficult catching up, no matter what the teacher has to say to that.